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Antoni Gaudí
Catalan architect (1852–1926)
The Vatican record
- 14 April 2025 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2025)
Who they were
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet ( gow-DEE, GOW-dee; Catalan: [ənˈtɔni‿ɣəwˈði]; 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect and designer, widely known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernisme. Gaudí's works have a sui generis style, with most located in Barcelona, including his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família church.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q25328 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Antoni Gaudí (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.