January 28 -- Feast of Blessed Charlemagne

So let's take a 71-year-old man, reposing on his deathbed and review his accomplishments.  Did he:

A portrait to inspire belief in the divine right theory

• re-establish the concept of civil government in Europe that had been missing for three or four centuries?  Check. 
• codify the existing legal tradition so that it could be evenly administered throughout a wider territory?  Check.  
• use that civil authority to promote the establishment of schools and scholarship?  Check. 
• stem the Saracen invasion that had overrun Spain and was threatening southern France?  Check.
• sponsor the construction of churches and endorse the growth of religious institutions?  Check.  
• encourage the creation and performance of music within his realm?  Check.  
• provide for the peaceful transition of power following his death?  Check. 
• EARN THE BEATIFICATION bestowed nine centuries later?  CHECK.  

Sadly, Charlemagne was never fully canonized by a recognized Catholic pope.  He was canonized by the anti-pope Paschal III, but an anti-pope canonization is like a Confederate $100 bill: it's good for show-and-tell, but it's just not legal tender.