detailed reform procedures came in 1588, when pope sixtus v created the congregation of rites and gave its officials responsibility for preparing papal canonizations and for the authentication of relics. it was not until the pontificate of urban v111 (1623 1644) that the papacy finally gained full control over the making of saints. in a series of papal decrees, urban defined the canonical procedures by which beatification and canonization would take place. (making saints, kenneth l. woodward, simon & schuster, 1990, pg75.)

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Detailed reform procedures came in 1588, when Pope Sixtus V created the Congregation of Rites and gave its officials responsibility for preparing papal canonizations and for the authentication of relics. It was not until the pontificate of Urban V111 (1623 1644) that the papacy finally gained full control over the making of saints. In a series of papal decrees, Urban defined the canonical procedures by which beatification and canonization would take place. (Making Saints, Kenneth L. Woodward, Simon & Schuster, 1990, Pg75.)