Replies

I looked it up.
He is a saint by ACCLAIM. I never knew that was a process for sainthood.
Live and learn.

Thanks!

Wasn’t Francis of Assisi a saint by acclaim?

Sounds familiar but not sure.

FROM GOOGLE: Death and Legacy of St. Francis
As he approached his death, many predicted that Francis was a saint in the making. When his health began to decline more rapidly, Francis went home. Knights were sent from Assisi to guard him, and to make sure that no one from neighbouring towns would carry him off (the body of a saint was viewed, at the time, as an extremely valuable relic that would bring, among many things, glory to the town where it rested).
Francis of Assisi died on October 3, 1226, at the age of 44, in Assisi, Italy. Today, Francis has had a lasting resonance, with millions of followers across the globe. He was canonized as a saint just two years after his death, on July 16, 1228, by his former protector, Pope Gregory IX. Today, St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint for ecologists—a title honoring his boundless love for animals and nature.

There is no mention of sainthood by "acclaim" but he was, in modern terms, a "shoe in." :o)