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Macrina Raparelli
VenerableItaly
Born
2 April 1893
Vatican record
Died
26 February 1970
Vatican record
Venerable
23 March 2017
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 23 March 2017 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2017)
Who they were
Nun; born in Grottaferrata; died in Mezzojuso.
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 Q29034846 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.