Yes, in my experience they are virtually interchangeable (remembering that
until the 13th century, that "canonization" was a very localized and often
informal sort of process, so to use either term might have meaning only in a
rather local context).
jw
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Subject: Re: beatus/sanctus
I am guessing that in many mediaeval manuscripts beatus and sanctus were
used as synonymous terms.
Joe Pope
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