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one of those killed in the mass murders in Piaśnica , Sister Alicja Kotowska , was beatified together with 107 other victims of Nazi terror in 1999 by Pope John Paul II ?
the recently beatified Paul Joseph Nardini died of pulmonary typhus he contracted when giving the last rites to a member of his parish?
Maria Fortunata Viti , a Benedictine nun beatified by Pope Paul VI in 1967, remained illiterate her entire life?
Jacques-Désiré Laval (pictured) , a Spiritan missionary to Mauritius , was the first person beatified by Pope John Paul II ?
John Story , the first Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford , was elected to parliament , gaoled , exiled , re-elected , kidnapped , put in the Tower , tortured , hanged, drawn and quartered , and finally beatified ?
Blessed Stephen Nehmé was known for repeating a mantra of "God can see me"?
More interesting facts on Beatification
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Question 1 : The word "beatification" probably came in use after the fourth
century when it was introduced in the church at ________ , but the idea is older.
Question 2 : Which of the following titles did Beatification have?
Question 3 : Beatification is the third of the four steps in the ________ process.
Question 4 : More
about the process can be found in the article on ________ .
Question 5 : Some beatifications by bishops in
the ________ were
almost scandalous by modern standards.
Question 6 : For instance, ________ was
beatified by a court bishop soon after his death.
Question 7 : He was never
canonized, and his veneration has been mostly suppressed, though
permission is given to celebrate Mass in his honor in the
cities of ________ and Osnabrück , but without
using the title of "Blessed".
Question 8 : In earlier
ages this honor was entirely local and passed from one diocese to another with the
permission of their ________ .
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