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Augustine John Ukken
Indian Venerated Christian
VenerableIndia
Born
19 December 1880
Vatican record
Died
13 October 1956
Vatican record
Venerable
21 December 2018
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 21 December 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Augustine John Ukken was a Syrian Catholic (Syro-Malabar Catholic) priest from the Indian state of Kerala in Thrissur and the founder of the Congregation of Sisters of Charity (CSC).
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 Q4821185 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Augustine John Ukken (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.