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Pope Francis held his first canonisation ceremony on Sunday creating over 800 new saints.
Many of those honoured were victims of a 15th-century massacre in the Italian town of Otranto carried out by Ottoman soldiers.
Eight hundred and thirteen Italians, the "martyrs of Otranto" were beheaded for refusing to convert to Christianity in 1480.
The name of only one of the victims, Antonio Primaldo, is known.
Others canonised include two nuns from Latin America, Laura Montoya from Colombia and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala from Mexico.
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A woman holding a poster of Mother Laura Montoya watches her beatification ceremony on a giant TV screen in her hometown of Jerico, Colombia, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Mother Laura, who was born in 1874 and dedicated her life to working with indigenous and poor people, became the country's first saint after Pope Francis canonized her in Rome on Sunday. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides) (credit:AP)
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Faithful stand around a poster of Mother Laura Montoya at her hometown of Jerico, Colombia, Sunday, May 12, 2013, as Pope Francis canonizes her during a ceremony in Rome. Mother Laura, who was born in 1874 and dedicated her life to working with indigenous and poor people, became the country's first saint. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides) (credit:AP)
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Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, bottom right, attends a canonization ceremony led by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Fireworks crack over a church decorated with a poster of Mother Laura Montoya at her hometown of Jerico, Colombia, Sunday, May 12, 2013, as Pope Francis beatifies her during a ceremony in Rome. Mother Laura, who was born in 1874 and dedicated her life to working with indigenous and poor people, became the country's first saint. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides) (credit:AP)
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Nuns place relics of the new saints on the altar during a canonization ceremony led by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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A nun holds a crucifix containing relics of Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala during a canonization ceremony led by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis smiles as a Colombian flag is being waved at the end of a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peterís Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombiaís president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliationíí to that nationís peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis smiles as a Colombian flag is being waved at the end of a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peterís Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombiaís president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliationíí to that nationís peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis kisses a baby after a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peterís Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombiaís president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliationíí to that nationís peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis holds his skull-cup at the end of a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis waves to the crow after a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis holds his skull-cup at the end of a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis kisses a child after a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis is saluted by Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, at the end of a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis celebrates his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis speaks during a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis celebrates his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis kisses relics during a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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From left, the tapestries of Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico, are displayed as Pope Francis, bottom center, leaves at the end of a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis delivers his speech during a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis kisses a baby at the end of a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff canonized, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis greets the faithful along Via della Conciliazione, the road leading to St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, at the end of a canonization mass Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff canonized, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis greets the faithful along Via della Conciliazione, the road leading to St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, at the end of a canonization mass Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff canonized, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff canonized, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff canonized, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff canonized, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff canonized, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff canonized, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of canonization Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff canonized, Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Faithful wearing a shirt with a portrait of Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya, of Colombia, wait for the arrival Pope Francis for a canonization Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peters Square. Francis also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century. With Colombias president, Juan Manuel Santos, among the VIPS in a crowd of tens of thousands, the pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration, with her "example of harmony and reconciliation to that nations peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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The relics Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, of Mexico, are carried by nuns on the altar after being blessed by Pope Francis during a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square during Pope Francis' canonization mass at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff will canonize Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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The tapestry of Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya, of Colombia is displayed on the St. Peter's Basilica prior to the start of Pope Francis's canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff will canonize Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in the ceremony on Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square during Pope Francis' canonization mass at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff will canonize Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in the ceremony on Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis kisses the relics Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, of Mexico, carried by faithful to Pope, during a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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The relics of Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, bottom left, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico, are carried by faithful to Pope Francis to be blessed during a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Pope Francis celebrates a canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff will canonize Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in the ceremony on Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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The tapestry of Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, of Mexico is displayed on the St. Peter's Basilica prior to the start of Pope Francis's canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The Pontiff will canonize Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in a ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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El papa Francisco besa una cruz que contiene las reliquias de María Guadalupe García Zavala, de México, durante una ceremonia de canonización en la Plaza de San Pedro, el domingo 12 de mayo de 2013, en el Vaticano. (Foto AP/Alessandra Tarantino) (credit:AP)