Examples of using "Heiliggesprochen" in a sentence and their english translations:
- After his death, he was sainted.
- She was canonized after her death.
In the 15th century the Spanish inquisitor Pedro de Arbués de Épila organized in Zaragoza a game of "living chess" with heretics to stand in as figures who were put to death when they were "captured". In 1867 Arbués was canonized by Pope Pius IX.