Saintly Characters Recently Presented for Canonization

After a brief discussion of the process of canonization we come to the various people's causes presented. These people are Blessed Clare of Montefalco Canonized December 8, 1881, Rome by Pope Leo XIII Venerable Francis de Ghizone Venerable Stephen Bellesini Venerable Francis Xavier Bianchi Canonized October 21, 1951, Rome, Italy, by Pope Pius XII Anna Maria Taigi Beatified 1920 by Pope Benedict XV Venerable Louis Grignon de Montfort canonized 1947 Venerable Louis Mary Chanel canonized in 1954 by Pope Pius XII Martyrs of Korea Beatified July 5, 1925, by Pope Pius XI THE following narratives have been compiled from the acts of the Congregation of Rites. All, except the account of the life of Anna Maria Taigi, bear on them the mark of apostolic sanction, as the decrees which have been promu1gated have received the approbation of the holy see. Her case, not having been as yet presented to the congregation of rites, rests upon its merits, and is an account of what will be proved when the process respecting her will be completed. The object which the writer has in view in committing this book to the press is to give a plain staternent of the various circumstances connected with those saintly characters, which might prove, at the same time, both interesting and instructive. If the reader expects to find beauty of style, or elegance of diction, he will be mistaken, for the simpler the manner in which a mere statement of facts is made the more likely is it to make an impression.