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This is what I suspected was the case with Damien, but the phrase "never
canonized" rather than the more explicit "never formally canonized" threw me
off. There ought to be a way to describe the status of individuals who were
widely venerated but were never formally "mentioned in the canon" in a papal
liturgy.
John B. Wickstrom
Department of History
Kalamazoo College
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Wrong again, MG! Bruno also was never formally canonized. (Well, I was right
about the date...)
Catholic.org (if we can trust that site) says this:
"Canonization, the process the Church uses to name a saint, has only been
used since the tenth century. For hundreds of years, starting with the first
martyrs of the early Church, saints were chosen by public acclaim. Though
this was a more democratic way to recognize saints, some saints' stories
were distorted by legend and some never existed."
MG
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>Subject: [M-R] Canonized Doctors of the Church
>Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:18:43 -0700
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>The response to this question would depend on the answer to another: when
>did formal canonization arise? I wasn't able to determine this by glancing
>through the dreaded CE on line. The Big Four were probably never "formally
>canonized" either. I had it in my head that the first "formally canonized"
>saint was produced sometime in the 10th or 11th c. In fact Saint Bruno
>springs to mind. But that may be the mind's fault.
>MG
>
>
>
>Is there any other example of a
>>non-canonized doctor of the church?
>>jbw
>>
>>John B. Wickstrom
>>Department of History
>>Kalamazoo College
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>>Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 21. February
>>
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>>Today (21. February) is the feast day of:
>>
>>Eustathius (d. c. 338) Eustathius was a Pamphylian who became bishop
>>of Beroea (Syria) and in c. 324 was promoted to the see of Antioch.
>>He was a vigorous opponent of the Arians, which got him deposed in
>>330 and banished to Thrace.
>>
>>Germanus of Grandval (d. c. 667) Germanus became a monk at
>>Remiremont and then at Luxeuil. Some years later, the abbot sent G
>>on to serve as first abbot of Grandval. He got into a disagreement
>>with the local duke, who liked to plunder the three monasteries under
>>G's care---one of the duke's soldiers ran G. through with a lance.
>>
>>George of Amastris (d. c. 825) George was born near Amastris (on the
>>Black Sea). He trained as a hermit, went on to a monastery, and was
>>elected bishop of Amastris. G. refused the job, but was carried off
>>by force.
>>
>>Peter Damian (d. 1072) My source calls PD "This prophetic figure of
>>the medieval Church"; I confess that I've always found him more than
>>a little judgmental and annoying. Peter Damian studied law, then
>>went and became a monk at Fonte Avellana, where he soon became prior
>>and founded several other communities. He got involved in papal
>>politics and the reform movement, becoming cardinal-bishop of Ostia
>>in 1057. PD worked to suppress local liturgies, organized the
>>Camaldolese order, reacted against secular learning (grammar, by the
>>way, is the work of the devil), advocated a desert spirituality, etc.
>>He is perhaps the most accessible figure of the eleventh century,
>>since we have (in the modern editions) four large volumes of his
>>letters and treatises, a volume of sermons, and several
>>hagiographical works. PD was never canonized but was declared a
>>doctor of the church in 1828.
>>
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