Emilia de San José
Venezuelian Roman catholic nun, venerable
Who they were
Emilia de San José, born Emilia Chapellín Istúriz, (7 December 1858 – 18 January 1893) was a Venezuelan religious sister, considered venerable by the Catholic Church. She founded in 1890 the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Maiquetia, which became the first Catholic religious congregation established in Venezuela since 1874, when President Antonio Guzman Blanco closed all religious establishments. She also founded and directed the San José de Maiquetía Hospital.
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The miracles
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.
- Wikidata Q19632196 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Emilia de San José (CC BY-SA)
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