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Luiza Andaluz
Portuguese Catholic nun (1877–1973)
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Born
1877
Died
1973
Venerable
18 December 2017
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 18 December 2017 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2017)
Who they were
Luisa Andaluz (12 February 1877 – 20 August 1973) was a Portuguese Catholic nun and founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Our Lady of Fátima. She is styled The Venerable by the Catholic Church.
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 Q1552406 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Luiza Andaluz (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.