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How did Saint Patrick become a saint?

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Patrick became a saint the instant he was reborn into heaven. There was no official canonization process in place at the time to investigate his life and works to confirm his home in heaven so he would have been declared a saint by popular acclamation of the local Christian community and bishop.

"Faith without works is dead" - St. James
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