[
UK
/biːˌætɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/
]
NOUN
- the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy
- a state of supreme happiness
- (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
How To Use beatification In A Sentence
- On Friday, Benedict set the date for beatification after declaring that a French nun's recovery from Parkinson's disease was the miracle needed for John Paul to be beatified. Rome scrambles to ready for 2 million pilgrims
- The date chosen for her beatification, Mission Sunday, is the Sunday closest to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the pontificate of John Paul II and to the end of the Year of the Rosary.
- Following the lecture His Eminence will Pontificate at a Solemn Mass according to the Missal of Paul VI in intercession for the beatification of John Henry Newman at the Oxford Oratory at 6.00 pm. George Cardinal Pell to Visit Oxford, Sung Vespers at Merton, Mass at the Oxford Oratory
- His beatification, the first step to sainthood, is expected to take five years, far shorter than normal.
- Both the Blet and Cornwall volumes are also part of the current struggle over the possible beatification and canonization of Pius XII.
- The facts emerged only during the investigation of her life preceding her beatification, which takes place in Rome this month.
- Of course, the real Orwell, whom I am delighted to be able to reveal exclusively to you, would have had no truck with all this beatification of himself or his prose.
- Second, Gaudi has been mythologized; he is variously described as a saint (and in fact, a group is avidly pursuing his beatification), a sinner, an egomaniac, a tyrant, and a gentle soul.
- Last month the Vatican announced the long-awaited beatification of John XXIII.
- The canonisation is the culmination of a detailed protocol after Cardinal Tisserant commenced the diocesan process for her beatification in 1953 and declared her a Servant of God. The Hindu - Front Page