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Haemorrhage - Severe blood loss from a damaged blood vessel.
Catholic Church - The word Catholic means "universal". A Christian denomination with over a billion followers worldwide, led by the Pope.
Leukaemia - Cancer of the white blood cells.
Devout - Earnestly religious.
Beatified - In the Catholic church, a formal announcement that someone who is dead has lived a holy life. It is one of the steps towards sainthood.
Middle Ages - The Middle Ages was the period in European history that came between ancient and modern times. It lasted from about 500 to about 1500.
Canonised - In the Catholic Church, to officially declare someone a saint.
Pope - The bishop of Rome and the head of the worldwide Catholic Church.
Millennials - People who reached adulthood in the early 21st Century.