Editing Canonization (section)

=== Procedure from 1734 to 1738 to 1983 ===
{{Further|Beatification and canonization process prior to 1983}}
In his ''De Servorum Dei beatificatione et de Beatorum canonizatione'' of five volumes the eminent canonist Prospero Lambertini (1675–1758), who later became [[Pope Benedict XIV]], elaborated on the procedural norms of [[Pope Urban VIII]]'s Apostolic letter ''Caelestis Hierusalem cives'' of 1634 and ''Decreta servanda in beatificatione et canonizatione Sanctorum'' of 1642, and on the conventional practice of the time. His work published from 1734 to 1738 governed the proceedings until 1917. The article "[[Beatification and canonization process in 1914]]" describes the procedures followed until the promulgation of the ''Codex'' of 1917. The substance of ''De Servorum Dei beatifιcatione et de Beatorum canonizatione'' was incorporated into the ''[[1917 Code of Canon Law|Codex Iuris Canonici]]'' (''Code of Canon Law'') of 1917,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.strasbourginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Musoni-The-Catholic-Canonization-Process.pdf| title = Aimable Musoni, 'Saints without Borders'|pages=9–10| access-date = 12 October 2013| archive-date = 11 February 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200211232202/https://www.strasbourginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Musoni-The-Catholic-Canonization-Process.pdf| url-status = dead}}</ref> which governed until the promulgation of the revised ''[[1983 Code of Canon Law|Codex Iuris Canonici]]'' in 1983 by [[Pope John Paul II]]. Prior to promulgation of the revised ''Codex'' in 1983, [[Pope Paul VI]] initiated a simplification of the procedures.