Who canonized St. Sebastian?

Answer 1

St. Sebastian 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. Stephen 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 3

St. Sebastian 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 4

St. Sebastian 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

St. Sebastian entered heaven long before there was an official process in place for canonization. His death as a martyr was sufficent proof for the Church to declare him a saint by popular acclaim.

Answer 6

St. Sebastian was martyred for his faith in Rome about the year 288. Shortly after his death people who knew of his heroic act already considered him to be a saint. This opinion was generally accepted by the early church. It was not for more than 1000 years after Sebastian's death that a formal procedure for canonization was instituted by the Church. He is classified as a "pre-congregational" saint because he was already declared a saint before the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints took form that investigates candidates for sainthood.

Answer 7

St. Sebastian was canonized by popular acclaim, meaning his status as a saint was acknowledged by the early Christian community based on his martyrdom and the veneration of his relics. There is no formal record of his official canonization by the Catholic Church.