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Serafina Cinque

Brasilian nun

VenerableBrazilAdorers of the Blood of Christ

Born

31 January 1913

Vatican record

Died

21 October 1988

Vatican record

Venerable

27 January 2014

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

27 January 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)

Who they were

Nurse, Christian nun, religious sister; born in Urucurituba; died in Manaus.

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 Q99941888 — 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.