Good actions, mortal sacrifices and even inexplicable events arising from an apparent divinity, are the reasons why different individuals were beatified and canonized by the Vatican to bear with him the name of Santo.
Every daymarked in the calendar, the life and death of these beings, men and women, who dedicated their existence to the Catholic Church itself that earned them their appointment, is commemorated.
This is the Santoral of Friday, May 2.
Memory of San Atanasio, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, who, preclaor for his holiness and doctrine, in Alexandria of Egypt he defended the Catholic faith courage since the time of the Constantine Emperor to Valente, supporting numerous numbers by the Arians and being banished several times. Finally, he returned to the Church that had been entrusted to him and, after many fighting and having achieved many victories for his patience, rested in the peace of Christ in the forty -sixth anniversary of his episcopal ordination. Main opponent of Arianism. Father of orthodoxy. Acclaimed doctor in 1568 by Pío v.
Next to this character there are Other saints and martyrs to those who are also celebrated this Friday, May 2 as the following:
Santa Zoe de Atalia (s. II)
San Waldeberto (s. VII)
Beato Guillermo Tirry (s. XVII)
Santa Viborada (s. X)
Beato Boleslao Strzelecki (p. XX)
San Félix Deacon (s. IV)
Blessed Nicolás Hermansson (S. XIV)
San Vindemial (s. V)
San Longinos
San Hesper de Atalia (s. II)
Statalian Cyriac (s. II)
San Teódulo de Atalia
The Santoral is the set of people (women and men) that They are venerated by the Church when they are proclaimed as saints or blessed on a certain date on the calendar.
On the way to the canonization there are four steps: The first is to be appointed as a servant of God, the second is to be venerable; The third step is to be blessed and, finally, the fourth step is to be holy.
The beatification Only the faithful who have died with a reputation of being saints in various places can be achieved and this process can be carried out in two ways: through a cause of heroic virtues and the second is martyrdom, that is, if the person died because of his faith.
On the other hand, The process to become a saint It implies adding the name of the sanctified person in the canon (list of recognized saints) and with it it is allowed that the believing community pays him public and universal, meanwhile, a liturgical party is assigned, he is dedicated altars, chapels and his power is recognized to intercede before God.
Although the Church has not given an exact figure, it is believed that there would currently be up to nine thousand saints recognized. According to him Roman martyrologyupdated in 2005, the Catholic Church has At least seven thousand saintsalthough the martyrs are not counted, so Many think that even the figure could reach 20 thousand people.
In recent history, Pope John Paul II managed to canonize 388 saints, while Pope Francis has broken all records After today he has canonized 898 Santos, 800 of them at the same time.
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