Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos
Brazilian nun and the founder of the Little Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate (1901-1972)
The Vatican record
- 3 April 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)
Who they were
Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos (religious name Maria Teresa of the Eucharistic Jesus; 20 January 1901 – 8 January 1972) was a Brazilian religious sister and the founder of the Little Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q20007133 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos (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.