Servant of God

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Servant of God is a Roman Catholic title given to individuals whose lives of notable holiness are under formal investigation as a possible step toward sainthood.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Servant of God canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic ecclesiastical title ⓘ
title in the Catholic Church ⓘ
appliesTo baptized Catholics ⓘ
individual persons ⓘ
associatedWith Congregation for the Causes of Saints ⓘ
cause for canonization ⓘ
diocesan inquiry ⓘ
conferredBy Holy See ⓘ
local bishop ⓘ
fallsUnder Catholic canon law ⓘ
linked to: Canon law

Catholic hagiography ⓘ
grantedWhen formal investigation of life is opened ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus not yet beatified ⓘ
not yet canonized ⓘ
not yet declared Venerable ⓘ
hasPurpose discern possible sainthood ⓘ
examine life and virtues ⓘ
hasStageInProcess first stage of canonization ⓘ
investigatedFor heroic virtue ⓘ
holiness of life ⓘ
orthodoxy of doctrine ⓘ
isNot guarantee of canonization ⓘ
liturgical title ⓘ
isPartOf four-step canonization process in the Catholic Church ⓘ
languageEquivalent French: Serviteur de Dieu ⓘ
Italian: Servo di Dio ⓘ
Latin: Servus Dei ⓘ
Portuguese: Servo de Deus ⓘ
Spanish: Siervo de Dios ⓘ
mayLeadTo title Blessed ⓘ
title Saint ⓘ
title Venerable ⓘ
precedes Blessed ⓘ
Saint ⓘ
Venerable ⓘ
relatedConcept beatification ⓘ
canonization ⓘ
sainthood ⓘ
requires absence of public cult as a saint ⓘ
reputation for holiness ⓘ
reputation for virtue ⓘ
requiresApprovalFrom bishop of the diocese where the person died ⓘ
usedFor opening of a cause of sainthood ⓘ
usedIn Catholic Church canonization process ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Terence Cooke → hasTitle → Servant of God ⓘ
Félix Varela → hasHonorificTitle → Servant of God ⓘ
Francis Vernon Douglas → hasTitle → Servant of God ⓘ