Decrees
of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
Vatican
City, 23 January 2015 (VIS) – Yesterday afternoon the Holy Father
Francis received in a private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B.,
prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during which he
authorised the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees:
MIRACLES
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attributed to the Venerable Servant of God Maria Teresa Casini,
Italian foundress of the Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(1864-1937);
MARTYRDOM
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Servants of God Fidela (nee Dolores Oller Angelats) and two
companions, Spanish professed nuns of the Institute of Sisters of St.
Joseph, killed in hatred of the faith in Spain between 26 and 29
August 1936;
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Servants of God Pio Heredia Zubia and seventeen companions, of the
Trappists of Cantabria and the Cistercian nuns of the Congregation of
St. Bernard, killed in hatred of the faith in Spain in 1936;
-
Servant of God Tshimangadzo Samuel Benedict Daswa (ne Bakali), South
African layperson, killed in hatred of the faith in South Africa on 2
February 1990.
HEROIC
VIRTUES
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Servant of God Ladislao Bukowinski, Ukrainian diocesan priest
(1904-1974);
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Servant of God Aloysius Schwartz, American diocesan priest, founder
of the Sisters of Mary of Banneux and the Brothers of Christ
(1930-1992);
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Servant of God Cointa Jauregui Oses, Spanish professed nun of the
Company of Mary Our Lady (1875-1954);
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Servant of God Teresa Gardi, Italian layperson of the Third Order of
St. Francis (1769-1837);
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Servant of God Luis De Trelles y Nuogerol, Spanish layperson and
founder of the Nocturnal Adoration Society in Spain (1819-1891);
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Servant of God Elisabeth Maria (nee Erizabe-to Maria) Satoko
Kitahara, Japanese layperson (1929-1958);
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Servant of God Virginia Blanco Tardio, Bolivian layperson
(1916-1990).
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