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How to become a saint: Canonization explained
Step one: Be Catholic.
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St. Matthias
Saint Matthias, tempera on wood by the workshop of Simone Martini, c. 1317–19;...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Maitland F. Griggs Collection, Bequest of Maitland F. Griggs, 1943 (43.98.11); www.metmuseum.org
Virgin of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego
The Virgin of Guadalupe (left) and St. Juan Diego.
(L-R) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Kelvin Davis through the 2014 Collectors Committee (M.2014.91), www.lacma.org; © Smiley N. Pool—Houston Chronicle/Getty Images
St. Christoper and St. James the Greater
Illustration of St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child (left) and statue of St....
(L-R) © British Library Board (Add. 38126, f.137v); from the British Library Archive; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, The Cloisters Collection, 1969 (69.88)
St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Francis of Assisi
Statue of St. Kateri Tekakwitha (left) and image of St. Francis of Assisi.
(L-R) © Thomas H. Mitchell—500px/Getty Images; © Heritage Images—Hultion Fine Art Collection/Getty Images
St. Martín de Porres and Mother Cabrini
Statue of St. Martín de Porres (left) and photo of Mother Cabrini.
(L-R) © Jose Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro; Archive Photos/Getty Images
St. Anthony of Padua
Image of St. Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child.
© Zvonimir Atletic/Shutterstock.com
St. Gertrude of Nivelles
Two images of St. Gertrude of Nivelles.
(L-R) Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bequest of Howard A. Noble (64.11.6), collection.carnegieart.org; © British Library Board (Stowe 17, f.34), Archive of the British Library
St. Paul the Apostle
St. Paul preaching the gospel, detail of a 12th-century mosaic in the Cappella Palatina,...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
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