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Amata Cerretelli
Italian Carmelite tertiary who co-founded the social movement 'La Famiglia'
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
11 January 1907
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Died
26 January 1963
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Ill from the age of nine, Cerretelli lived a life of prayer at Campi Bisenzio and in 1948 began with the Carmelite Agostino Bartolini the Christian social movement 'La Famiglia'.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Santi e Beati lists her as a Servant of God; the diocesan inquiry was opened in Florence in 2021.
The cause
Amata Cerretelli is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Amata Cerretelli.
Sources
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