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 | In the Roman church it is a reference to those dead members of the Roman church who have been canonised because of their alleged miracle-working powers. |
| There is the case of the Albanian called Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu who was born in Macedonia in 1910 and died in 1997. |
| He will be canonised through people claiming miracles have been done when they prayed to him and he too will be pronounced a 'saint'. |
| IOL: Pope elevates three Christians to sainthood (388 words) |
| The first to be canonised was Luigi Scrosoppi (1804-1884) who spent his life committed to providing charity to the poor and weak. |
| Agostino Roscelli (1818-1902) founded the congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in the northern Italian city of Genoa and was a pillar of faith in his community, the Pope said as he elevated him. |
| Also canonised were Bernardo da Corleone (1605-1667), Teresa Eustochio Verzeri (1801-1852), a nun, and Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayes (1832-1914), a Lebanese Maronite Christian and nun. |
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