 Errico did this despite several obstacles though did not see it through to the end until just over a decade later.His canonization cause was introduced under Pope Leo XIII in 1884 and he became titled as a Servant of God; Pope Paul VI later named him as Venerable in 1974 upon confirming his heroic virtue while Pope John Paul II later beatified him on 14 April 2002.Pope Benedict XVI canonized Errico as a saint on 12 October 2008 in Saint Peter's Square.