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Clarangela Ghilardi

Italian missionary nun and nurse, venerable

VenerableItalySisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute

Born

21 April 1931

Vatican record

Died

6 May 1995

Vatican record

Venerable

20 February 2021

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

20 February 2021 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2021)

Who they were

Midwife, nurse, nun; born in Trescore Balneario; died in Kikwit.

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 Q106929896 — 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.