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Vatican advances six causes for beatification

February 23, 2023

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CWN Editor's Note: The Vatican Dicastery for the Causes of Saints on February 23 issued a decree confirming a miracle attributed to Ven. Elisabetta Martinez (1905—1991), an Italian religious.

The dicastery also confirmed the “heroic virtue” of:

  • Giuseppe di Sant’Elpidio (1885—1974), an Italian Capuchin priest;
  • Aloísio Sebastião Boeing (1913-2006), a Brazilian priest;
  • Margherita Lussana (1852—1935), an Italian religious;
  • Francisca Ana María Alcover Morell (1912—1954), a Spanish lay woman; and
  • Albertina Violi Zirondoli (1901—1972), an Italian lay woman.

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