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Madeleine Delbrêl
French Catholic author, poet, and mystic (1904–1964)
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Born
24 October 1904
Vatican record
Died
13 October 1964
Vatican record
Venerable
26 January 2018
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 26 January 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Madeleine Delbrêl (24 October 1904 – 13 October 1964) was a French Catholic author, poet, and mystic. She came to the Catholic faith after a youth spent as an atheist.
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 Q508403 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Madeleine Delbrêl (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.