Good deeds, mortal sacrifices and even inexplicable events arising from an apparent divinity, are the reasons why different individuals were beatified and canonized by the Vatican to carry with him the name of saint.
Every dayas indicated in the saint calendar, the life and death of these beings, men and women, who dedicated their existence to the same Catholic Church that earned them the appointment, is commemorated.
This is the saint’s day Sunday, January 5.
(19th century)
Along with this character there is other saints and martyrs which are also celebrated this Sunday, January 5, as the following:
Saint Emiliana (6th century)
Saint Syncletica (IV century)
Saint Edward the Confessor (11th century)
Saint Convoion (9th century)
San Gerlaco (12th century)
Saint Genevieve Torres Morales (20th century)
Blessed Marcelina Darowska (20th century)
San Diosgracias (5th century)
Blessed Maria Repetto (19th century)
Blessed Pedro Bonilli (20th century)
Blessed Roger (13th century)
The saints are the set of people (women and men) who They are venerated by the Church when they are proclaimed saints or blessed. on a certain date on the calendar.
On the path to canonization there are four steps: the first is to be named as a servant of God, the second is to be venerable; The third step is to be blessed and, finally, the fourth step is to be holy.
The beatification It can only be achieved by the faithful who have died with a reputation for being saints in various places and this process can be carried out in two ways: through a cause of heroic virtues and the second is martyrdom, that is, if the person He died because of his faith.
On the other hand, the process of becoming a saint It involves adding the name of the sanctified person to the canon (list of recognized saints) and this allows the believing community to pay public and universal worship, while assigning a liturgical feast, dedicating altars, chapels and His power to intercede before God is recognized.
Although the Church has not given an exact figure, it is believed that there are currently up to nine thousand recognized saints. According to him Roman Martyrologyupdated in 2005, the Catholic Church has at least seven thousand saintsalthough the martyrs are not counted, so many think that the number could even reach 20 thousand people.
In recent history, Pope John Paul II managed to canonize 388 saints, while Pope Francis has broken all records after today he has canonized 898 saints, 800 of them at the same time.
