''Oblatio vitae'', meaning "the free offering (i.e. “oblation”) of ne'slife", is a category under which a person may be declared "Blessed" under the

canonization Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of ...

procedures of the Roman Catholic church. The category was created by Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter ''

Maiorem hac dilectionem ''Maiorem hac dilectionem'' (Latin for 'Greater love than this') is an apostolic letter issued in the form of a motu proprio of Pope Francis, dated 11 July 2017. The document creates a new path towards sainthood under the canonization procedures o ...

'' (''Greater love than this'') issued on 11 July 2017.Pope Francis creates new category for beatification: oblatio vitae
accessed 12 July 2017

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