Editing Pope Pius XII (section)

==Canonisations and beatifications==
{{Main|Saints canonized by Pope Pius XII|Beatifications of Pope Pius XII}}
Pope Pius XII [[canonization|canonized]] numerous people, including [[Pope Pius X]]—"both were determined to stamp out, as far as possible, all traces of dangerous [[heterodoxy]]"<ref>Noel, p. 16</ref>—and [[Maria Goretti]]. He [[Beatification|beatified]] [[Pope Innocent XI]]. The first canonizations were two women, the founder of a congregation for women, [[Mary Euphrasia Pelletier]], and a young laywoman, [[Gemma Galgani]]. Pelletier had a reputation for opening new ways for Catholic charities, helping people in difficulties with the law, who had been neglected by the system and the church. Galgani was a virtuous woman in her twenties, said to have the [[stigmata]].<ref>Lehnert, Pascalina. ''Pius XII, Ich durfte ihm dienen'', Würzburg, 1982, p. 163</ref>

Pius XII also named [[Anthony of Padua]] as a [[Doctor of the Church]] on 16 January 1946 while conferring upon him the title ''Doctor evangelius''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-01 |title=Saint Anthony of Padua {{!}} Biography, Patron Saint Of, Facts, Prayer, & Feast Day {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Anthony-of-Padua |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Strappazzon |first=Valentin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GNQ5EQAAQBAJ |title=Anthony of Padua: Franciscan, Preacher, Teacher, Saint |date=2024 |publisher=Catholic University of America Press |others=Translated by Michael Cusato |isbn=978-0-8132-3864-7 |edition=1st |location=Washington, D. C}}</ref>