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.)