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Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
Brazilian nun and martyr (1953–1993)
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Feast: 7 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
20 October 1953
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Died
1993
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Beatified
2 December 2007
by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, for Benedict XVI, in Salvador da Bahia
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Lindalva Justo de Oliveira was born on 20 October 1953 at Sítio Malhada da Areia, in a very poor area of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, daughter of a farmer.
A Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, she was stabbed to death by a man obsessed with her because she refused his advances.
The miracles
As a martyr, beatified without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Daughter of Charity who died rather than be unfaithful to her consecration.
Connected on this site
- Vincent de Paul Saint“Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, DC (20 October 1953 – 9 April 1993) was a Brazilian Catholic member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
- Wikidata Q768136 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lindalva Justo de Oliveira (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.