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Margarita Fonseca Silvestre
Colombian founder of the Servants of Christ the Priest
Servant of GodFull write-upColombia
Born
2 May 1884
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Died
6 January 1945
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Fonseca, known in religion as Margarita María del Sagrado Corazón, was a Bogotá catechist and writer who founded the Siervas de Cristo Sacerdote.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Santi e Beati lists her as a Servant of God; the nihil obstat for her cause in the archdiocese of Bogotá was granted in 2016.
The cause
Margarita Fonseca Silvestre is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Margarita Fonseca Silvestre.
Sources
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