Good deeds, 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 carry with him the name of saint.
Every dayas indicated in the saint calendar, the life and death of these beings, men and women, who dedicated their existence to the same Catholic Church that earned them the appointment, is commemorated.
This is the saint’s day Monday, May 6.
Domingo Savio was born in Riva de Chieri (Italy) on April 2, 1842. He was the eldest among five children of Ángel Savio, a very poor mechanic, and Brígida, a simple woman who helped the family economy by sewing for her neighbors.
On March 9, 1857, when he was about to turn 15 and was in the 8th grade of high school, Domingo, after confessing and taking communion and receiving the Anointing of the Sick, felt that he was going towards eternity. He called his father to say prayers from the prayer book next to his bed (his mother did not feel strong enough to accompany him in her agony and she went to cry in a nearby room). And around 9 at night he exclaimed: “Dad, dad, what beautiful things I see” and with an angelic smile he expired sweetly.
Eight days later his father felt in his dreams that Domingo appeared to him to tell him, very happy, that he had been saved. And a few years later he appeared to Saint John Bosco, surrounded by many other young people who are in heaven. He came very beautiful and full of joy. And he told her: “What consoled me most at the hour of death was the presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Recommend everyone to pray to him a lot and with great fervor. And tell the young people that I am waiting for them in Paradise.”
Along with this character there is other saints and martyrs who are also celebrated this Monday, May 6 as the following:
Saint Benedict of Rome
Saint Eadbert
Saint Lucius of Cyrene
Saint Petronaco
Saint Protogenes bishop
San Venerio of Milan
Blessed Ana Rosa Gattorno
Blessed Bartholomew Pucci-Franceschi
Blessed Francis of Montmerency Laval
Blessed Maria Catherine Troiani
The Catholic and Orthodox Church uses canonization to declare a deceased person as a saint.which implies including her name in the canon (list of recognized saints) and permission to venerate her, recognizing her power before God.
During Christianity, people were recognized as saints without the need for a formal process; However, this changed in the Middle Ages.
In the case of Catholicism, the Church must carry out an exhaustive investigation of the life of the person to be sanctified and there are four ways to achieve the appointment: the path of heroic virtues; the path of martyrdom; that of exceptional causes, confirmed by an ancient cult and written sources; and that of the offer of life.
Furthermore, it is an essential requirement who has performed at least two miracles (or one in the case of being a martyr). Canonization is made in a solemn papal declaration and a feast day is assigned for liturgical veneration.
There is no established period to carry out the canonization of a character, since there are even cases like that of Saint Peter Damian who was canonized until 756 years after his death or, on the contrary, the case of Saint Anthony of Padua who was named until 352 days after his death.
The last canonization took place in October 2019, when the Pope declared Cardinal John Henry Newman and Sister Dulce, from Brazil, saints.
