Decanonization
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Decanonization or de-canonization (prefix de- ← Latin: de preposition: down, from, away[1][2] + Latin: canonizatio ← Greek: κανών – list, catalog[3][4][5][6][7]) – exclusion of a person's name from the list, catalog; the opposite of canonization. The list or catalog is the calendar of the saints[8][9] or the church calendar. Decanonization, the exclusion of the saint's name from the calendars, was carried out in the Russian Orthodox Church,[10][11] in the Catholic Church[12][13][14][15] and in the Anglican Church.[16][17]