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Alexia González-Barros
Spanish child and cancer victim venerated in the Catholic Church
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Born
1971
Died
1985
Venerable
5 July 2018
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 5 July 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Alexia González-Barros González (7 March 1971 – 5 December 1985) was a Spanish Catholic child who died of cancer in 1985.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
No miracle approved yet
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- John Paul II Saint“González-Barros studied in school in Madrid and in her childhood received a papal blessing from Pope John Paul II during her trip to Rome.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q2834404 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alexia González-Barros González (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.