canonization

declaration that a deceased person is an officially recognized saint
Event ritual Q51621
canonization
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canonization

Summary

canonization is a ritual[1]. canonization ranks in the top 4% of ritual entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,110 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • canonization's instance of is recorded as ritual[3].
  • canonization is a type of posthumous recognition[4].
  • canonization is the opposite of decanonization[5].
  • canonization comprises Roman Catholic beatification and canonization stage[6].
  • canonization comprises canonization status[7].
  • canonization's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Canonization[8].
  • canonization's facet of is recorded as Catholic Church[9].
  • canonization's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • canonization's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • canonization's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • canonization's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • canonization's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[14].
  • canonization's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • canonization's topic has template is recorded as Template:Canonization[16].
  • canonization's different from is recorded as beatification[17].
  • canonization's prerequisite is recorded as beatification[18].

Body

Context

canonization's instance of is recorded as ritual[3].

Why It Matters

canonization ranks in the top 4% of ritual entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,110 views/month).[2] canonization has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] canonization is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of decanonization
    Different from beatification
    Subclass of
    Instance of ritual
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21515, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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