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Officially, the Pope signed papers, moving a list of candidates further along the path towards sainthood.

To praise Chola kings and adore the gods, Tamil poets developed notions of sainthood, history and even magical realism.

Miracles are typically investigated and assessed over a period of several months, with a person being eligible for sainthood after they have two to their name.

In the book, Pagano doesn’t hold back about his disdain for the incomplete research behind Pius’ sainthood cause, which is now apparently on hold as scholars dissect the newly available documentation.

He noted that the actual process opened in 1905, and that it was Pope Benedict XVI who put her on the path to possible sainthood when he declared her venerable in 2010.