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María Nieves Sánchez Fernández
VenerableInstitute of Religious Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools
Born
2 May 1900
Vatican record
Died
1 May 1978
Vatican record
Venerable
3 March 2016
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 3 March 2016 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2016)
Who they were
Nun, Christian nun; born in Villanueva de Córdoba; died in Córdoba.
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 Q106834941 — 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.