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María Esperanza de la Cruz

Spanish nun, Foundress, Venerable

VenerableSpainAugustinian Recollect Missionary Sisters

Born

8 June 1890

Vatican record

Died

23 May 1967

Vatican record

Venerable

14 December 2015

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

14 December 2015 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2015)

Who they were

Nun, missionary, founder; born in Monteagudo; died in Madrid.

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 Q84519165 — 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.