§ 12.

 Who even if from his perseverance alone he could have been believed to be a Saint, according to that (saying): "Be faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life" (Apoc. 2:10), however there followed after his death many and very great miracles, which offer certain evidence of his sanctity and induce us to the veneration of him, whom God manifested by his preceeding merits to be venerated. For the Omnipotent God Himself, to manifest the power of His own virtue and to disclose the cause of our salvation, often even honors His faithful elect, whom he crows in Heaven, in the world, working signs and prodigies in his memory, whereby heretical depravity is confounded, and the orthodox faith guarded.