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This allows beatification, giving the venerable the new title " Blessed " ( abbreviated " Bl.

") or, in Latin, Beatus or Beata.

A feast day will be designated, but its observance is normally restricted to the Blessed's home diocese, to certain locations associated with him or her, and / or to the churches or houses of the blessed's religious order, if they belonged to one.

Parishes may not normally be named in honor of a Blessed.