Mary MacKillop, in 2010
se was the first person in Australia to become a saint
Mary Mackillop was the first native born Australian to be canonized as a saint
St. Mary MacKillop is the first Australian to be canonized as a saint.
Mary is the first Australian to be proclaimed a canonized saint.
It means when did the saint get canonize or when did the Church declare that person to be a saint. Canonization/canonize is when the Catholic church declares a dead person to be a saint. It's a long and lengthy process to declare/canonize a person to be a saint.
St. Mary MacKillop is the first Australian to be canonized as a saint.
Sister Alphonsa Muttathupadathu is the first saint from India.
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.
They were, basically, declared a saint by popular acclamation. The declaring the person a saint was then made by a local bishop.
Rose of Lima was canonized on April 2, 1671, by Pope Clement X.
A holy person can become a saint.
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