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María Geralda (Medarda) Guerrero García de Piñero

Venezuelan married laywoman of Seboruco who cared for the sick and the poor

Servant of GodFull write-upVenezuela
Born
13 October 1885
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Died
6 January 1972
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

Medarda Piñero, born at Caricuena near La Grita in Táchira, spent her life from girlhood serving the sick and the destitute at Seboruco and later at Barquisimeto, and married José Piñero in 1915.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

The competent forum was transferred to San Cristóbal de Venezuela in 2002, the year in which, as Venezuelan Catholic media record, she was given the title Servant of God, the first from Táchira.

The cause

The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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