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Melchior de Marion Brésillac
Roman Catholic missionary (1813–1859)
VenerableFranceSociety of African Missions
Born
2 December 1813
Vatican record
Died
25 June 1859
Vatican record
Venerable
26 May 2020
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 26 May 2020 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2020)
Who they were
Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, S.M.A. (2 December 1813 – 25 June 1859) was a French Catholic prelate and the founder of the Society of African Missions.
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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 Q1648895 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Melchior de Marion Brésillac (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.