Canonization vs. Beatification: What's the Difference?

To declare (a deceased person) to be a saint and entitled to be fully honored as such.

Roman Catholic Church To proclaim (a deceased person) to be one of the blessed and thus worthy of public religious veneration in a particular region or religious congregation.

To include in the biblical canon.

To exalt; glorify

To include in a literary canon.

The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.

To approve as being within canon law.

The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, - usually a stage in the process of canonization.

To treat as sacred; glorify.

A state of supreme happiness

(Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

The action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy

The state of being canonized or sainted.

(Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization

Introduction into a canon of artistic or literary works.

The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

The state of being canonized or sainted.

(Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints