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Martha de San Bernardo
Filipino nun
Servant of GodPhilippines
Born
1700
Died
1640
Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Martha de San Bernardo, P.C.C., was a 17th-century Colettine Poor Clare who was first Filipino woman to become a Roman Catholic nun; she served on Macao.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Cause open
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q6774630 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Martha de San Bernardo (CC BY-SA)
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