Vítor Coelho
Brazilian Roman Catholic priest
The Vatican record
- 5 August 2022 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2022)
Who they were
Vítor Coelho de Almeida (Sacramento, Minas Gerais, 22 September 1899 – Aparecida, 21 July 1987), better known as Padre Vítor Coelho, was a Brazilian Redemptorist priest and catechist. He was most famous for his preaching methods and his devotion to the patron saint of Brazil, Our Lady of Aparecida.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q28054169 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Vítor Coelho (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.