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==Cause for canonisation== {{Main|Canonisation of John Henry Newman}} In 1991, Newman was proclaimed [[venerable]] by Pope John Paul II after a thorough examination of his life and work by the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]].<ref name=HRCNewman>{{cite web | last = Miranda | first = Salvador | title = John Henry Newman | url = http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1879.htm#Newman | work = The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church | access-date = 2 February 2010 | archive-date = 9 February 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100209020427/http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1879.htm#Newman | url-status = live }}</ref> In 2001, Jack Sullivan, an American deacon from Marshfield in Massachusetts, attributed his recovery from a spinal cord disorder to the intercession of Newman. The miracle was accepted by the Holy See for Newman's [[beatification]], which Pope Benedict XVI announced on 19 September 2010 during [[State visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom|a visit to Britain]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/the-pope/8012010/Pope-visit-The-miracle-that-put-Cardinal-Newman-on-the-road-to-sainthood.html | title = Pope visit: The miracle that put Cardinal Newman on the road to sainthood | date = 19 September 2010 | newspaper = The Telegraph | access-date = 27 April 2017 | archive-date = 29 April 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170429071934/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/the-pope/8012010/Pope-visit-The-miracle-that-put-Cardinal-Newman-on-the-road-to-sainthood.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://cruxnow.com/church/2016/01/23/john-henry-newman-could-become-the-patron-saint-of-relevance/ | title = John Henry Newman could become the patron saint of relevance | last = Allen | first = John L. Jr. | date = 23 January 2016 | publisher = Crux | access-date = 27 April 2017 | archive-date = 1 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170701114620/https://cruxnow.com/church/2016/01/23/john-henry-newman-could-become-the-patron-saint-of-relevance/ | url-status = live }}</ref> The approval of a further miracle at the intercession of Newman was reported in November 2018: the healing of a pregnant woman from a grave illness.<ref>{{cite news | last = Rousselle | first = Christine | title = Vatican approves second miracle for Blessed John Henry Newman | url = https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/40011/vatican-approves-second-miracle-for-blessed-john-henry-newman |url-status=live | agency = Catholic News Agency | date = 29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129112105/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/vatican-approves-second-miracle-for-blessed-john-henry-newman-87278 |archive-date=29 November 2018 |access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8WEgyznT5c "The Miracle of Newman's Canonisation: Melissa'a Story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816001238/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8WEgyznT5c&gl=US&hl=en |date=16 August 2019 }}, Youtube (12 August 2019). Retrieved 10 October 2019.</ref> The decree approving this miracle was authorised to be promulgated on 12 February 2019.<ref>{{cite web | title = Promulgation of Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/02/13/0124/00255.html | website = Bollettino | publisher = Holy See Press Office (in Italian) | access-date = 13 February 2019 | archive-date = 13 February 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190213183733/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/02/13/0124/00255.html | url-status = live }}</ref> On 1 July 2019, with an affirmative vote, Newman's canonisation was authorised and the date for the canonisation ceremony was set for 13 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web | title = Ordinary Public Consistory for the Voting on Certain Causes of Canonization | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/07/01/0567/01172.html | website = Bollettino | publisher = Holy See Press Office (in Italian) | access-date = 1 July 2019 | archive-date = 1 July 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190701102056/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/07/01/0567/01172.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Newman was canonised on 13 October 2019, by [[Pope Francis]], in [[St. Peter's Square]]. The ceremony was attended by the Prince of Wales (now [[Charles III]]), representing the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web | title = Canonisation as published in the official bulletin of the Holy See | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/10/13/0792/01629.html | website = Bollettino | publisher = Holy See Press Office (in Italian) | access-date = 15 October 2019 | archive-date = 15 October 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191015145257/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/10/13/0792/01629.html | url-status = live }}</ref> === Feast day === {{Infobox saint |honorific_prefix = [[Saint]] |name = John Henry Newman |honorific_suffix = [[Oratory of Saint Philip Neri|C.O.]] |birth_date = 21 February 1801 |death_date = 11 August 1890 (aged 89) |feast_day = 9 October |venerated_in = [[Catholic Church]], [[Anglo-Catholicism]], [[Anglicanism]] |image = John Henry Newman by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt.jpg |imagesize = 250px |caption = ''Portrait of Cardinal Newman in [[choir dress]]''<br>by [[John Everett Millais]], 1881 |birth_place = |death_place = |titles = [[Priest]] and [[Confessor]] |beatified_date = 19 September 2010 |beatified_place = |beatified_by = [[Pope Benedict XVI]] |canonized_date = 13 October 2019 |canonized_place = |canonized_by = [[Pope Francis]] |attributes = Cardinal's attire, Oratorian Habit |patronage = [[Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham]] |major_shrine = [[Birmingham Oratory]] |suppressed_date = |issues = }} The general rule among Roman Catholics is to celebrate canonised or beatified persons on the date of their ''dies natalis'', the day on which they died and are considered born into heaven.<ref>Congregation for Divine Worship, ''Universal Norms for the Liturigcal Year and Calendar'' Β§ 56, in Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales trans., ''Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the General Roman Calendar'' 11β12, https://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/Info/GNLY.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506205641/http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/Info/GNLY.pdf |date=6 May 2021 }}.</ref> However, Newman's ''dies natalis'' is 11 August, the same day as the obligatory memorial of [[Saint Clare of Assisi]] in the [[General Roman Calendar]] which would take precedence. Thus, once Newman was beatified, the [[Congregation of the Oratory]] and the [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales]] opted to place Newman's optional memorial on 9 October, the date of his conversion to Catholicism.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saint John Henry Newman Biographical Notes|url=https://www.oratoriosanfilippo.org/san-john-henry-newman/|url-status=live|website=Oratory of Saint Philip Neri|access-date=22 August 2021|archive-date=22 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822215545/https://www.oratoriosanfilippo.org/san-john-henry-newman/}}</ref><ref name="LitWales">{{Cite web|title=National Calendar for Wales|url=http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/National/Wales1.shtml|url-status=live|website=Liturgical Office England & Wales|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118001037/http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/National/Wales1.shtml}}</ref> This date was chosen because "it falls at the beginning of the University year; an area in which Newman had a particular interest".<ref name="LitEngWalesReason">{{Cite web|title=Saint John Henry Newman - National Calendar for England|url=http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/National/Newman.shtml|url-status=live|website=Liturgy Office England & Wales|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-date=16 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016161717/http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/National/Newman.shtml}}</ref> John Henry Newman is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] in the [[Church of England]] with a [[Commemoration (observance)|commemoration]] on 11 August.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=8 April 2021|website=The Church of England|language=en|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309204842/https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|url-status=live}}</ref> He is [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|remembered]] in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] on 21 February.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Calendar |url=https://prayer.forwardmovement.org:443/the_calendar_response.php?id=400221 |access-date=19 February 2023 |website=prayer.forwardmovement.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=riteseries online: Holy Women, Holy Men :: [John Henry Newman] - February 21 |url=https://www.riteseries.org/brain/hwhm/6/133/ |access-date=19 February 2023 |website=www.riteseries.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Holy Women, Holy Men: Celebrating the Saints |publisher=Church Publishing Incorporated |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-89869-637-0 |pages=234β235}}</ref>
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