Nouns

(n)sainta person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
(n)saint, holy man, holy person, angelperson of exceptional holiness
(n)ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuchmodel of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

Verbs

(v)enshrine, sainthold sacred
(v)canonize, canonise, saintdeclare (a dead person) to be a saint“After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized”