Original sentence: Intimidation, a warning to other populations not to resist, may also have entered the invaders' calculations.One modern study suggests it may have been a punitive measure, devoid of religious motivations, exacted to punish the local population for the stiff resistance they put up, which delayed the Turkish advance and enabled the King of Naples to strengthen local fortifications.They were beatified in 1771 and were canonised by Pope Francis on 12 May 2013