Editing Canonization (section)

=== Equipollent canonization ===
{{main article|Equipollent canonization}}
Popes have several times permitted to the universal Church, without executing the ordinary judicial process of canonization described above, the veneration as a saint, the "''[[Cult (religious practice)|cultus]]''" of one long venerated as such locally. This act of a Pope is denominated "equipollent" or "equivalent canonization"<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=EWTN|title=Pope Francis declares blind 14th-century lay Dominican a saint|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247399/pope-francis-declares-blind-14th-century-lay-dominican-a-saint|access-date=2021-04-24|website=CNA|language=en}}</ref> and "confirmation of ''cultus''".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Catholic Encyclopedia: Beatification and Canonization|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02364b.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|website=www.newadvent.org|quote=Those proposed as coming under the definition of cases excepted (casus excepti) by Urban VIII are treated in another way. In such cases it must be proved that an immemorial public veneration (at least for 100 years before the promulgation, in 1640, of the decrees of Urban VIII) has been paid the servant of God, whether confessor or martyr. Such cause is proposed under the title of "confirmation of veneration" (de confirmatione cultus); it is dealt with in an ordinary meeting of the Congregation of Rites.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000116082801/http://www.newadvent.org:80/cathen/02364b.htm |archive-date=16 January 2000 }}</ref> In such cases, there is no need to have a miracle attributed to the saint to allow their canonization.<ref name=":0" /> According to the rules [[Pope Benedict XIV]] (''regnat'' 17 August 1740 – 3 May 1758) instituted, there are three conditions for an equipollent canonization: (1) existence of an ancient ''cultus'' of the person, (2) a general and constant attestation to the virtues or martyrdom of the person by credible historians, and (3) uninterrupted fame of the person as a worker of miracles.