Decanonization

Decanonization or de-canonization (prefix de- ← Latin: de  preposition: down, from, away + Latin: canonizatio ← Greek: κανών – list, catalog) – exclusion of a person's name from the list, catalog; the opposite of canonization. The list or catalog is the calendar of the saints or the church calendar. Decanonization, the exclusion of the saint's name from the calendars, was carried out in the Russian Orthodox Church, in the Catholic Church and in the Anglican Church.

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