 Canonical coronation

A canonical coronation () is a symbolic ecclesiastical act of honour, a crowning, in the Roman Catholic church bestowed by the Pope or his delegate, upon a Christological, Marian, or Josephian image or statue which has conspicuously, and over an extended period, attracted the intercessionary devotion of the faithful in a particular place of worship.It indicates a formal act of approval by the church authorities of public devotion to God, incited by a particular image in its specific setting and is duly expressed through the instrument of a Papal bull, a type of proclamation, which is then generally carried out by a personal official of the Pope, a Papal legate, or on rare occasions by the Pontiff himself, by ceremonially attaching a crown, tiara, or stellar halo to the framework of the devotional image or statue.