When was St. Matthew canonized?

Answer 1

Matthew was an apostle of Our Lord.

He repented of his life as a dishonest tax collector.

Matthew wrote one of the four Gospels.

He was a martyr for his faith.
St. Matthew was not canonized. He was proclaimed a saint by early

Christians because of his martyrdom. The canonization process did not

come into existence until the 12th century. In the primitive Church,

martyrs were immediately recognized as witnessing to the perfection of

Christian life on earth, having shown the ultimate proof of their love for

Christ by the offering of their lives. By the sacrifice of their lives

for Christ, they attained Heaven in eternal glory and were indissolubly

united to the Lord, the Head of the Mystical Body.

Answer 2

St. Matthew was traditionally believed to have been canonized as a saint shortly after his death, and this is typically dated to the first century AD. However, specific historical records or an official canonization process as seen in later centuries do not exist for this early period of Christian history.

Answer 3

Matthew was not canonized. He was declared a saint before the official canonization process was instituted in the 12th century. He would have been declared a saint to the bishop by those who knew him best and were familiar with his life and merits. The local bishop would them make the decision. Today only the pope can declare saints after years of study by the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints in the Vatican. The church does not create saints. Only God can do that. The Church "screens" candidates for sainthood to determine if they had a life worthy of emmulation. In other words, do they make good role models. Also, the Church has to be assured that the person is actually in Heaven. That is the reason that today a number of miracles must be verified before a person can be declared a saint.

Answer 4

St. Matthew was not canonized. He was proclaimed a saint by early

Christians because of his martyrdom. The canonization process did not

come into existence until the 12th century. In the primitive Church,

martyrs were immediately recognized as witnessing to the perfection of

Christian life on earth, having shown the ultimate proof of their love for

Christ by the offering of their lives. By the sacrifice of their lives

for Christ, they attained Heaven in eternal glory and were indissolubly

united to the Lord, the Head of the Mystical Body.

Answer 5

Matthew was not canonized as that process was not instituted until about the 12th century. He was declared a saint by the early Christian community based on the fact that he was one of the Lord's 12 apostles, he wrote one of the four canoninical Gospels and he died the death of a martyr.

Answer 6

Matthew was not canonized as that process was not instituted until about the 12th century. He was declared a saint by the early Christian community based on the fact that he was one of the Lord's 12 apostles, he wrote one of the four canonical Gospels and he died the death of a martyr.

Answer 7

St. Matthew was never canonized. The official canonization process was not instituted until the 12th century. He would have been proclaimed a saint, based on his merits, by popular acclamation of the early Christians to a bishop.

Answer 8

Saint Matthew was proclaimed a saint by the early Church based on his life of heroic virtue and martyrdom soon after his death. Today only the pope can declare a saint and only after years of investigation by the Sacred Congrgation for the Causes of Saints. In reality, Matthew became a saint the moment he entered heaven. However, today the Church needs to verify that a person is indeed in Heaven.

Answer 9

Matthew would have been declared a saint by the early Church members with the approval of the local bishop. The formal canonization process was not fully instituted until the 12th century when Pope Alexander III in 1170 reserved the naming of saints to the pope only.
Saint Matthew has been known as a saint since the very early Church.

Answer 10

Prior to the sixth century, there was no formal process for the canonisation of saints. They were simply recognised as saints because of what was known, or believed to be known, about them.

So, Matthew was not formally canonised.