" 

 ""List of Saints"" phrase is meant in its supplied sense not in its literal sense.  It happened, by way of a public formal ceremony at the steps of Saint Peter's Square, (From memory). This is a declaration, rather than a ""list"".  This confusion is the reason why many were annoyed on this site in the past.  Now the article page reflects this confusion.  The phrase: ""List of Saints"", is understood very differently within the Church as outside It.  It is why many of us are reluctant to ammend it, but now are amused at it!     "