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Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly
Indian Catholic priest (1876-1929)
Venerable
Born
1876
Died
1929
Venerable
14 April 2018
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 14 April 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Varghese Payyappilly was an Indian Syro-Malabar priest from Kerala and the founder of the congregation of Sisters of the Destitute. He was declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 14 April 2018.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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 Q3595442 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Varghese Payyappilly (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.