Beatification and canonization process prior to 1983: Difference between revisions

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The process of [[beatification]] and [[canonization]] has undergone various changes in the history of the [[Catholic]] Church. (For current practice, as well as a discussion of other churches, see the article on [[canonization]].) This article describes the process as it was in [[1914]], in particular before the major reworking of [[canon law]] in [[1983]].

The causes of martyrs were handled somewhat differentydifferently from those of confessors or virgins, so will be handled separately.

==The Beatification of Confessors==