Yet by 1850 old music was being canonised with or without Brahms.

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Up to a million people are expected to attend Sunday's open-air mass in Madrid, where two priests and three nuns are to be canonised.

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St David's Day is celebrated on the anniversary of his death in 589 and dates back to 1120 - when St David was canonised by Pope Callactus the Second.

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