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Guido Vidal França Schäffer
Venerable
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Born
22 May 1974
Vatican record
Died
2009
sources disagree
Venerable
20 May 2023
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 20 May 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Guido Vidal França Schäffer (22 May 1974 – 1 May 2009) was a Brazilian doctor, surfer, and seminarian. He died in a surfing accident in 2009.
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 Q25440416 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Guido Schaffer (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.