Question:
Does canonization mean that the holy person spent no time in purgatory?
Answer:
Not necessarily, but it at least likely means that the saint spent little time in purgatory, given his or her heroic virtue while living on Earth. A life of heroic virtue is affirmed when the Church declares a person “venerable” earlier in the canonization process.
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