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Equivalent canonization
Canonization process used for beatified who already have a cultus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Through an Equivalent canonization or equipollent canonization (Latin equipollens canonizatio) a pope can choose to relinquish the judicial processes, formal attribution of miracles, and scientific examinations that are typically involved in the canonization of a saint. This can take place when the saint has been venerated since ancient times and continuously by the faithful.
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