Zélia Pedreira de Magalhães (Maria of the Blessed Sacrament)
Brazilian lawyer and married woman whose cause is joined to her husband's
Who they were
Zélia Pedreira and her husband Jerônimo de Castro Abreu Magalhães are Servants of God as a married couple; she was a lawyer and translator from a wealthy Rio family.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro opened the diocesan inquiry into the pair on 18 January 2014.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Jerônimo de Castro Abreu Magalhães Servant of God“Zélia Pedreira and her husband Jerônimo de Castro Abreu Magalhães are Servants of God as a married couple; she was a lawyer and translator from a wealthy Rio family.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.