THE SAINTS Saints, in Catholic usage, are those men and women "of heroic virtue" who were either acclaimed as saints in the early years of the Church, or have subsequently been decreed to be Saints ("canonized") by Popes since the 11th century, after a lengthy process of investigation. As Robert Ellsberg has recently written, however, The Church makes no pretense that its list or "canon" exhausts the number of actual saints. There are countless men and women whose holiness is recognized by God alone. Along with the "official" saints, they are com- memorated by the Church on November 1, the feast of All Saints. Robert Ellsberg, All Saints:Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time. NY: The Crossroad Publishing Co., 1997, p.3
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