Editing Beatification (section)

== History ==
Local [[Bishops in the Catholic Church|bishops]] had the power of beatifying until 1634, when [[Pope Urban VIII]], in the [[apostolic constitution]] ''Cœlestis Jerusalem'' of 6 July, reserved the power of beatifying to the [[Holy See]].<ref>A. De Meester, ''Juris Canonici et Juris Canonico-Civilis Compendium'' Nova Editio, Tomus Tertius, Pars Secunda (Brugis: Desclée de Brouwer et Sii, 1928) p. 86 (citing the canonist [[Pope Benedict XIV]], ''De Servorum Dei Beatificatione et Beatorum Canonizatione'')</ref><ref>Beccari, Camillo (1907). "[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02364b.htm Beatification and Canonization]." ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Via ''New Advent''. newadvent.org. Accessed 1 November 2015.</ref>

Since the reforms of 1983, as a rule, (for non-martyred Venerables) one [[Miracle|miracle]] must be confirmed to have taken place through the intercession of the person to be beatified. Miracles are almost always unexplainable medical healings, and are scientifically investigated by commissions comprising [[Physician|physicians]] and [[theologians]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghose |first=Tia |date=9 July 2013 |title=The Science of Miracles: How the Vatican Decides |url=https://www.livescience.com/38033-how-vatican-identifies-miracles.html |access-date=2019-09-15 |website=livescience.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2000/04/20/miracles-under-the-microscope|title=Miracles under the microscope|date=2000-04-20|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=2019-09-15|issn=0013-0613}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/08/31/491937448/how-the-catholic-church-documented-mother-teresas-two-miracles|title=How The Catholic Church Documented Mother Teresa's 2 Miracles|publisher=NPR|language=en|access-date=2019-09-15}}</ref>

The requirement of a miracle for beatification is waived in the case of someone whose [[martyr]]dom is formally declared by the church.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.archokc.org/rothercause/process-of-canonization |title=Sarno, Robert J., "Process of Canonization", Archdiocese of Oklahoma City |access-date=5 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608134449/http://www.archokc.org/rothercause/process-of-canonization |archive-date=8 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[feast day]] for a beatified person is not universal, but is celebrated only by territories, religious institutes, or communities in which the person receives particular [[veneration]]. For instance, [[Catherine Tekakwitha|Kateri Tekakwitha]] was especially honored in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] during her time as Blessed. [[John Duns Scotus]] was honored among the [[Franciscans]], in the [[Archdiocese of Cologne]] and other places. Similarly, veneration of [[Chiara Badano]] is particular to the [[Focolare]] movement.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The blessed, elected by popular acclamation (the vox populi) enjoyed only local veneration. While the procedure of [[canonization]] was taken in hand from the [[12th century|twelfth century]] by the papacy in Rome, that of beatification continued on a local scale until the [[13th century|thirteenth century]] before settling at the [[Council of Trent]], which reserved to the pope the right to say who could be venerated.<ref>{{Citation |last=Vincent-Cassy |first=Cécile |title=Les joyaux de la Couronne Sainteté et monarchie en Espagne après le concile de Trente |date=2016 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/books.pulg.8977 |work=Dévotion et légitimation |pages=41–56 |publisher=Presses universitaires de Liège |doi=10.4000/books.pulg.8977 |isbn=9782875621061 |access-date=2022-08-05|url-access=subscription }}</ref>