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Elena Silvestri
Italian founder of the Handmaids of the Child Jesus
VenerableFull write-upItaly
Born
4 February 1839
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Died
12 March 1907
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Venerable
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date not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Silvestri founded the Ancelle di Gesù Bambino (Handmaids of the Child Jesus) in Venice.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The decree on heroic virtues has been promulgated; a miracle would come next.
Why that counted as sanctity
Santi e Beati lists her among the Venerables; the decree on her heroic virtues was promulgated in 1999 and her cause began in Venice in 1959.
The cause
Elena Silvestri has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Elena Silvestri.
Sources
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