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The paper presents the issue of the sanctity and the history of the procedures worked out by the Roman Catholic Church of the canonization. Canonization is the act by which a particular Christian church declares a dead person to be a saint and is included in the canon. Originally, individuals were recognized as saints without any formal process. Canonization, whether formal or informal, does not make someone a saint: it is only a declaration that the person is a saint and was a saint even before canonization.