Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CANONISATION
canonization, canonisation
(noun) (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
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Noun
canonisation (countable and uncountable, plural canonisations)
Alternative spelling of canonization
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