Blessed

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Blessed is a Roman Catholic honorific title given to individuals who have been beatified and recognized for living a life of heroic virtue or martyrdom, placing them on the path toward possible sainthood.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Blessed canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic honorific title ⓘ
ecclesiastical title ⓘ
allows limited liturgical celebration ⓘ
associatedWith beatified person ⓘ
ceremonyMayBeDelegatedTo papal legate ⓘ
ceremonyType beatification ceremony ⓘ
ceremonyUsuallyPresidedBy Pope ⓘ
conferredFor heroic virtue ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Saint ⓘ
Servant of God ⓘ
Venerable ⓘ
equivalentTitleInItalian Beata ⓘ
Beato ⓘ
equivalentTitleInLatin Beata ⓘ
Beatus ⓘ
followsProcess beatification ⓘ
grantedBy Holy See ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
hasHonorificCategory less than full sainthood ⓘ
honorificPrefixFor name of beatified individual ⓘ
implies person is in Heaven ⓘ
languageForm English ⓘ
liturgicalCult usually local or regional ⓘ
mayRequire verified miracle ⓘ
notUsedFor living persons ⓘ
partOf canonization process ⓘ
precedesStatus Saint ⓘ
preconditionFor canonization as saint ⓘ
publicVeneration may be extended to religious orders ⓘ
permitted in specific dioceses or regions ⓘ
rankInCanonization third step ⓘ
requires recognition of heroic virtue or martyrdom ⓘ
requiresApprovalBy Congregation for the Causes of Saints ⓘ
requiresInvestigationOf candidate’s life and virtues ⓘ
requiresMiracleFor non-martyr candidates ⓘ
titlePlacement placed before personal name ⓘ
usedFor deceased persons only ⓘ
usedIn Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
usedInDocuments hagiographical texts ⓘ
liturgical calendars ⓘ
official decrees of beatification ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Clemens August Graf von Galen → honorificPrefix → Blessed ⓘ
subject linked to: Clemens August
Brian Blessed → familyName → Blessed ⓘ
Max Holloway → nickname → Blessed ⓘ