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Aloísio Sebastião Boeing
Brazilian Priest Venerable
Venerable
Born
24 December 1913
Vatican record
Died
17 April 2006
Vatican record
Venerable
23 February 2023
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 23 February 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Aloísio Sebastião Boeing (24 December 1913 – 17 April 2006), was a Catholic Dehonian priest from the Diocese of Joinville. On February 23, 2023, Pope Francis recognized his heroic virtue.
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.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q116889915 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aloísio Sebastião Boeing (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.