He wasn't canonized, he was acclaimed a saint centuries before the modern system of canonization began. The feast of St. Valentine of February 14 was first established in 496 by Pope Gelasius I, who included Valentine among all those "... whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God." As Gelasius implies, nothing was yet known to him about his life.
He was neither beatified nor canonized. He was declared a saint by the early Christian community based on his martyrdom. The canonization process was not instituted until nearly 1000 years after Valentine died.
There is no such canonized saint.
No, he is not a canonized saint.
Saint Valentine of Rome was never officially canonized. He died many years before the process of canonization existed. He was declared a saint by the early Church based on his life of heroic virtue and martyrdom.
There is no such canonized saint.
There is no such canonized saint.
Saint Cecilia was canonized by the Catholic Church in the 4th century.
He wasn't canonized, he was acclaimed a saint centuries before the modern system of canonization began. The feast of St. Valentine of February 14 was first established in 496 by Pope Gelasius I, who included Valentine among all those "... whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God." As Gelasius implies, nothing was yet known to him about his life.
Mary MacKillop who was recently canonized is Australia's first canonized saint.
He was not canonized since the process of canonization did not exist for nearly 1000 years after he died. He was declared a saint by the early Christian community based on his martyrdom. Pope St. Gelasius confirmed his sainthood a couple centuries later and fixed his feast day as February 14.
He was not canonized since the process of canonization did not exist for nearly 1000 years after he died. He was declared a saint by the early Christian community based on his martyrdom. Pope St. Gelasius confirmed his sainthood a couple centuries later and fixed his feast day as February 14.
Saint Rose of Lima was the first saint from the Americas to be canonized,The first person born in the Americas to be canonized as a saint was St. Rose of Lima. The first person born in the United States to be canonized as a saint was St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.