21-535: Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek (26 November 1800 – 24 September 1862) was a Slovene Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lavant from 1846 until his death. He served also as an author and poet as well as a staunch advocate of the nation's culture. He served in various parishes as a simple priest prior to his becoming a bishop in which his patriotic activism increased to a higher degree since he advocated writing and
42-584: A local scale until the thirteenth century before settling at the Council of Trent, which reserved to the pope the right to say who could be venerated. Pope John Paul II (1978–2005) markedly changed the previous Catholic practice of beatification. By October 2004, he had beatified 1,340 people, more than the sum of all of his predecessors since Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590), who established a beatification procedure similar to that used today. John Paul II's successor, Pope Benedict XVI (2005–2013), personally celebrated
63-495: A miracle for beatification is waived in the case of someone whose martyrdom is formally declared by the church. 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, Kateri Tekakwitha was especially honored in the United States and Canada during her time as Blessed. John Duns Scotus
84-521: A recommendation to the Pope that the candidate be declared Venerable —that is, worthy of the devotion of Catholic believers. A positio can run to over 1,000 pages in length. The time between the preparation of a positio and a recommendation by the committee of historians and theologians can often be decades. This Catholic canon law –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to an official document of
105-579: Is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name. Beati is the plural form, referring to those who have undergone the process of beatification; they possess the title of "Blessed" / ˈ b l ɛ s ɪ d / (abbreviation "Bl.") before their names and are often referred to in English as "a Blessed" or, plurally, "Blesseds". Local bishops had
126-558: Is being investigated (by a postulator , appointed by the Pope) is referred to as a Servant of God . The very fact of appointing a postulator means that the process of beatification has been activated. If investigations reveal that the person was indeed holy enough, then a "formal argument for sainthood ", the positio , is presented to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints . This document contains
147-499: The informatio , or life story, of the Servant of God under investigation, as well as a series of documents and testimonies to support the cause ( summarium ). In short, the positio collects the evidence obtained by a diocesan inquiry into a candidate's heroic virtues . Upon presentation, the positio is examined by a committee of expert historians and theologians, and if they find the evidence presented suitable, they may then make
168-502: The Congregation for the Causes of Saints ; the postulation sent the Positio in 1995 to the C.C.S. for assessment. Historians first approved the cause on 9 January 1996 as did theologians on 2 April 1996 and the C.C.S. on 7 May 1996. His life of heroic virtue was confirmed on 13 May 1996 and this allowed for Pope John Paul II to title him as Venerable . The miracle for his beatification
189-753: The Beatification Mass for his predecessor at St. Peter's Basilica , on the Second Sunday of Easter, or Divine Mercy Sunday , on 1 May 2011, an event that drew more than one million people. Positio Jus novum ( c. 1140 -1563) Jus novissimum ( c. 1563 -1918) Jus codicis (1918-present) Other Sacraments Sacramentals Sacred places Sacred times Supra-diocesan/eparchal structures Particular churches Juridic persons Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law Clerics Office Juridic and physical persons Associations of
210-811: The Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius in 1851 for greater ecumenism with the Eastern Orthodox Church . Slomšek also supported those in the missions and prompted the Spiritual Exercises . Slomšek died on 24 September 1862 after having suffered a series of stomach ailments for some time. His remains are interred in the Maribor Cathedral . The beatification process opened in Maribor in an informative process that investigated his life and his virtues which later received validation on 2 December 1994 from
231-511: The faithful Pars dynamica (trial procedure) Canonization Election of the Roman Pontiff Academic degrees Journals and Professional Societies Faculties of canon law Canonists Institute of consecrated life Society of apostolic life A positio (short for the Latin positio super virtutibus : "position on the virtues") is a document or collection of documents used in
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#1732858245846252-604: The late bishop's beatification in Maribor . Anton Martin Slomšek was born as the eighth child to the peasants Marko Slomšek and Marija née Zorko on 26 November 1800 in Styria in Slovenia . The priest Blaž Slomšek (1708–1740) was his paternal uncle and Janez Slomšek (1831–1909) was his paternal cousin Gregorius' son. He underwent his theological and philosophical studies since 1821 (a classmate
273-483: The matter. Slomšek was considered to be an excellent preacher as well as a tireless and modest cleric. The bishop oversaw the construction of new schools and he himself issued textbooks for students and edited others while also publishing his own sermons and episcopal statements. He also wrote songs and some of which (like the toast "En hribček bom kupil") achieved great social standing and some are still sung at present. Together with Andrej Einspieler and Anton Janežič he
294-441: The need for education. He penned textbooks for schools including those that he himself opened and he was a vocal supporter of ecumenism and led efforts to achieve greater dialogue with other faiths with an emphasis on the Eastern Orthodox Church . His beatification had its origins in the 1930s, when petitions were lodged for a formal cause to commence; this all culminated on 19 September 1999, when Pope John Paul II presided over
315-546: 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 . Since the reforms of 1983, as a rule, one 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 physicians and theologians. The requirement of
336-416: The process by which a Catholic person is declared Venerable , the second of four steps on the path to canonization as a saint. A positio is a formal brief arguing for the canonization of an individual in the Catholic Church . Before canonization, the formal declaration by the pope that a person is a saint , there is a long process, with various intermediate steps. First, a person whose holiness
357-809: The school in Lavant while also serving as the cathedral canon there. He became the parish priest in Celje in March 1846 just prior to his episcopal appointment. In one of his final appointments, Pope Gregory XVI , made Slomšek the new Bishop of Lavant and he received his episcopal consecration a couple of months later in Salzburg , although he did not celebrate his formal installation until September 1859, when he first moved to his new see. He strove for religious education in schools and for education in Slovene ; he began writing numerous books on
378-604: Was honored among the Franciscans , in the Archdiocese of Cologne and other places. Similarly, veneration of Chiara Badano is particular to the Focolare movement. The blessed, elected by popular acclamation (the vox populi) enjoyed only local veneration. While the procedure of canonization was taken in hand from the twelfth century by the papacy in Rome, that of beatification continued on
399-476: Was investigated and received C.C.S. validation on 20 June 1996 prior to a medical panel approving it on 4 February 1997; theologians did so also on 20 June 1997 as did the C.C.S. on 1 July 1998. John Paul II approved this miracle on 3 July 1998 and beatified Slomšek in Maribor while in Slovenia on 19 September 1999. Beatification Beatification (from Latin beatus , "blessed" and facere , "to make")
420-625: Was the co-founder of the Hermagoras Association which is the oldest Slovene publishing house. He founded movements for greater ecumenism efforts. Pope Pius IX entrusted him with the mission to renew the religious life in Benedictine monasteries and so he made a series of apostolic visits to see these places. He also invited the Vincentians to settle in his diocese and in 1846 began the publication Drobtinice for his diocese. He also founded
441-517: Was the poet France Prešeren ) in order to enter the priesthood and he was later ordained as such on 8 September 1824 in Klagenfurt . He celebrated his first Mass on 26 September at Olimje . He first served as a parish chaplain at Bizeljsko and then at Nova Cerkev . From 1829 until 1838 he served as the spiritual director of seminarians at Klagenfurt. In 1838 he became the parish priest at Vuzenica . In 1844 he relocated to Sankt Andrä and headed
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