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Celia Méndez Delgado
Spanish Nun, Foundress, Venerable (1844-1908)
VenerableSpainSisters Servants of the Divine Heart
Born
11 February 1844
Vatican record
Died
2 June 1908
Vatican record
Venerable
27 October 2020
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 27 October 2020 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2020)
Who they were
Founder, religious sister; born in Fuentes de Andalucía; died in Seville.
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 Q51685452 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.