Portal:Saints/Intro
A saint, in the Catholic Church, is a person who has lived a life of exemplary holiness, virtue, and fidelity to God, and is believed to be in Heaven, interceding for the faithful on Earth. The Catholic Church venerates saints as models of Christian life and as powerful intercessors before God. The process of recognizing a saint, known as canonization, is a formal procedure through which the Church declares an individual to be a saint, confirming their place in Heaven and authorizing their veneration in the liturgy.