He passed over several archbishops who would traditionally become cardinals to promote Gregory. He also moved Augustine Tolton, who died in 1897 after becoming the first African American priest, one step closer to sainthood.
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Sainthood
Synonyms for "sainthood" (54 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (27)
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Translations
13 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- святост noun (state of being a saint)
Catalan
1 entries- santedat noun (state of being a saint)
Dutch
1 entries- heiligheid noun (state of being a saint)
Finnish
1 entries- pyhimyksenä oleminen noun (state of being a saint)
French
1 entries- sainteté noun (state of being a saint)
Galician
1 entries- santidade noun (state of being a saint)
Kazakh
1 entries- әулиелік noun (state of being a saint)
Polish
1 entries- świętość noun (state of being a saint)
Romanian
2 entries- caracter sfânt noun (state of being a saint)
- sfințenie noun (state of being a saint)
Russian
1 entries- свя́тость noun (state of being a saint)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- svetost noun (state of being a saint)
Spanish
1 entries- santidad noun (state of being a saint)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Prospective candidates for sainthood normally need to have two miracles attributed to them before they can be canonized.
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