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''See also:'' [[Roman Catholic Church]]

''See also:'' [[Roman Catholic Church]]

By one common definition of the word, a '''saint''' is a person who has been recognized by a Christian [[denomination]] and approved for public and private veneration.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4D.HTM Canon 1186]</ref> Saints, especially those from the Apostolic and Ancient periods of church history (See: [[Early Christianity]]), often were [[martyr]]s  (people who died for their faith or for another person).  

By one common definition of the word, a '''saint''' is a person who has been recognized by a Christian [[denomination]] and approved for public and private veneration.<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P4D.HTM Canon 1186]</ref> Saints, especially those from the Apostolic and Ancient periods of church history (See: [[Early Christianity]]), often were [[martyr]]s  (people who died for their faith).  

In [[Catholic]] tradition and law, all canonical saints are associated with miracles, either in this life or thereafter, through miracles that occur when praying to them after their deaths to [[Intercession|intercede with their own prayers to God]] (see [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=james%205:16&version=KJV James 5:16] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2peter%201:13-15&version=KJV 2 Peter 1:13-15]).  Catholic and [[Eastern Orthodox]] doctrine holds that saints are able to intercede with God on behalf of living persons, or for mankind generally, and that miracles by God may occur as a result. All members of the Christian communities are called saints in the New Testament. ''Canonical'' saints, canonized saints, by distinction are those saints formally recognized from among the saints as extraordinary examples of sanctity and holiness, gifted by God as "heroes" of the faith for the glory of His Name. "Canon" is from Old English, from Latin, from Greek ''kanon'' rule, straight rod, and whatever is canon, canonical, or is canonized, is held to be the ''measure'' or ''standard'', as the [[Biblical Canon]].

In [[Catholic]] tradition and law, all canonical saints are associated with miracles, either in this life or thereafter, through miracles that occur when praying to them after their deaths to [[Intercession|intercede with their own prayers to God]] (see [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=james%205:16&version=KJV James 5:16] and [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2peter%201:13-15&version=KJV 2 Peter 1:13-15]).  Catholic and [[Eastern Orthodox]] doctrine holds that saints are able to intercede with God on behalf of living persons, or for mankind generally, and that miracles by God may occur as a result. All members of the Christian communities are called saints in the New Testament. ''Canonical'' saints, canonized saints, by distinction are those saints formally recognized from among the saints as extraordinary examples of sanctity and holiness, gifted by God as "heroes" of the faith for the glory of His Name. "Canon" is from Old English, from Latin, from Greek ''kanon'' rule, straight rod, and whatever is canon, canonical, or is canonized, is held to be the ''measure'' or ''standard'', as the [[Biblical Canon]].