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Maria Celina Kannanaikal
Indian Roman Catholic nun, mystic, venerable
VenerableIndiaUrsulines of Piacenza
Born
13 February 1931
Vatican record
Died
26 July 1957
Vatican record
Venerable
5 August 2022
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 5 August 2022 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2022)
Who they were
Nun; born in Thrissur district; died in Kannur.
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 Q113553160 — 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.