Canonisation of Saints

  • Thread starter Thread starter blessedstar
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
B

blessedstar

Guest
Is it possible for a canonised Saint to not be a Saint, by that I mean, is it always the case that this is infallible once a person has been canonised? Are there mistakes?

Thanks for any advice

In the Living Prayer of my life
 
I would think the Church “binds and loosens”. Someone I’m sure can better inform. Tim
 
blessedstar said:
Is it possible for a canonised Saint to not be a Saint, by that I mean, is it always the case that this is infallible once a person has been canonised? Are there mistakes?

Thanks for any advice

In the Living Prayer of my life
Click to expand...
No it is not possible. Canonisation is an infallible declaration.
However, remember that not all saints have been canonised. In the early days there was no canonisation process and the people simply declared certain men and women to be saints.
 
thistle said:
No it is not possible. Canonisation is an infallible declaration.
However, remember that not all saints have been canonised. In the early days there was no canonisation process and the people simply declared certain men and women to be saints.
Click to expand...
Thank you.

In the Living Prayer of my life
 
thistle said:
In the early days there was no canonisation process and the people simply declared certain men and women to be saints.
Click to expand...
Is St. Christopher one of them? I’ve always ask him to protect me on the road.
 
water said:
Is St. Christopher one of them? I’ve always ask him to protect me on the road.
Click to expand...
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia the first formal canonisation took place about 1000 years ago.

QUOTE
The first papal canonization of which there are positive documents was that of St. Udalricus in 973 . . . . Through the gradual multiplications of the Roman pontiffs, papal canonization received a more definite structure and juridical value. Procedural norms were formulated, and such canonical processes became the main source of investigation into the saint’s life and miracles. Under Gregory IX, this practice became the only legitimate form of inquiry (1234) . . . .
UNQUOTE

St Christopher was never canonised.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top