beatified
bee a tuh fahyd
- v fill with sublime emotion
- v make blessedly happy
- v declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican - s Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
- Newman, whose ideas on conscience and faith have influenced Christian theology to the present day, is expected to be beatified next year, following the Vatican's recent .
- In May, the pontiff beatified Lucia's two deceased playmates.
- Later, Cohen told reporters that Pius "should not be seen as a model, and he should not be beatified.