page_title: Beatification
hierarchical_section_title: Beatification
caption_attribution_description: From [1], in the en:public domain 12:07, 1 January 2003 Magnus Manske 350x482 (54,798 bytes) (From [http://www.lib.utexas.edu], in the [[:en:public domain]])
context_page_description: Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name. Beati is the plural form, referring to those who have undergone the process of beatification.
context_section_description: Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name. Beati is the plural form, referring to those who have undergone the process of beatification.
caption: Pope Pius IX (1792–1878), who was beatified on September 3, 2000 by Pope John Paul II
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