Sentence examples for be made a saint from inspiring English sources

She was canonized in 1946, the first American citizen to be made a saint.

Former pope John Paul II will be made a saint next year, his successor-but-one Pope Francis has announced.

Bach, the pope is reminded, was a Lutheran and could not be made a saint under Catholic auspices.

"It takes, what, centuries to be made a saint, right?" The two married and had three sons.

Some believe he should never be made a saint, let alone less than a decade after his death.

Her order, the Missionaries of Charity, hopes she will be beatified and eventually be made a saint.

Philip Howard was believed to have been poisoned and was made a saint.

(For his part, Cardinal Bellarmine was made a saint in 1930).

Miracles are also central to the business of being made a saint.

It is not by chance that John Henry Newman is being made a saint.

One archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, who was made a saint, was nominated by Professor John Hudson of St Andrews University as the worst villain of the 12th century.