8 candidates advance toward beatification
January 27, 2014
The Vatican has issued a series of decrees advancing the causes of 8 candidates for beatification.
The Congregation for the Causes of Saints, with the approval of Pope Francis, issued a decree on January 27 confirming the martyrdom of Pietro Asua Mendia, a Spanish priest who died in 1936 during that country’s civil war. He is now eligible for beatification.
The Congregation also recognized the “heroic virtue” of 7 other candidates, who will now be eligible for beatification if a miracle is confirmed through their intercession. They are:
- Giuseppi Girelli (1886- 1978), an Italian priest;
- Zacarias of St. Theresa (1887-1957), born Zacarias Salterain Viscarra, a Spanish Carmelite priest;
- Marcelle Mallet (1805- 1871), a Canadian religious;
- Maria Benita Arias (1822-1894), an Argentine religious;
- Margerita De Brincat (!862-1952), a Maltese religious;
- Seraphine (1913-1988), born Noemy Cinque, a Brazilian nun; and
- Elisabetta Sanna (1788-1857), an Italian laywoman and Franciscan tertiary.
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