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Teresa Fardella de Blasi
Roman catholic foundress, venerable
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Born
24 May 1867
sources disagree
Died
26 August 1957
sources disagree
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)
- 8 November 2017 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2017)
Who they were
Nun, founder, philanthropist; born in New York City; died in Trapani.
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 Q106665985 — 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.