~ 1878 ~

1) 05 January in Vizzini, Catania (Italy)

        FEBRONIA BARONE (VERONICA)
        layperson of the diocese of Caltagirone;

                member, Secular Franciscans
        born: 16 December 1856 in Vizzini, Catania (Italy)

        competent diocese: Caltagirone

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process: 27 August 1919

        closing of informative process:

        nihil obstat:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

       
        postulator:

        petitioner: Frati Minori Cappuccini, 95019 Vizzini (CT), ITALY
        website:
   

2) 07 February in Rome (Italy)

        PIUS IX [GIOVANNI MARIA MASTAI FERRETTI]
        pope
        born: 13 May 1792 in Senigallia, Ancona (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rome

        CCS protocol number: 508

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 07 December 1954

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        commission of CCS officials and consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops:  11 December 1984

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 06 July 1985

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 03 September 2000

       
        postulator:

        petitioner: Comitato “Beatificazione Pio IX,” Via Mastai, 14, 60019 Senigallia (AN), ITALY

                             Opera Pia Mastai Ferretti, Via Cavallotti, 38, 60019 Senigallia (AN), ITALY
        website:
   

   
3) 22 February in Florence (Italy)

        ÉMILIE D’OULTREMONT D’HOOGVORST (MARIE OF JESUS)
        widow; founder, Sisters of Mary Reparatrix
        born: 11 October 1818 in Liège (Belgium)

        competent diocese: Rome/Liège

        CCS protocol number: 176

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative process:

        decree on writings:

        introduction of cause: 02 July 1941

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process:

        closing of apostolic process:

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 23 December 1993

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

            promulgation of decree on miracle:
        beatification: 12 October 1997

       
        postulator:

        petitioner: Suore di Maria Riparatrice, Via dei Lucchesi, 3, 00187 Roma, ITALY
        website:
   
   

4) 16 March in Cusano Mutri, Benevento (Italy)

        GIUSEPPE VITELLI (CARLO OF SAINT PASCAL)

        professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor (Alcantarines)

        born: 15 March 1818 in Cusano Mutri, Benevento (Italy)

        competent diocese: Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator: Fra Luca De Rosa, ofm
        petitioner: Associazione Fra Carlo di S. Pasquale, Via S. Maria, 43, 82033 Cusano Mutri (BN), ITALY
        website: www.fracarlo.it
       

5) 21 April in Bor, Aveyron (France)
   

        MARIE-ALEXANDRINE CONDUCHÉ (MARIE-ANASTASIE)
        founder, Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady

                of the Most Holy Rosary of Monteils (n.o.)
        born: 17 November 1833 in Compeyre, Aveyron (France)

        competent diocese: Rodez

        CCS protocol number: 1019

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of informative process:

        closing of informative processy:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 17 December 1993

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op
        petitioner: Dominicaines de Notre-Dame du Très Saint-Rosaire, 12200 Monteils, FRANCE
                             Dominicaines de Notre-Dame du Très Saint-Rosaire, 36, rue Taine, 75012 Paris, FRANCE
        website:
       
       

6) 04 July in Recife, Pernambuco (Brazil)
   

        VITAL MARIA GONÇALVES DE OLIVEIRA
        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins;

                bishop of Olinda
        born: 27 November 1844 in Pedras de Fogo, Pernambuco (Brazil)

        competent diocese: Olinda-Recife

        CCS protocol number: 1981

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 03 November 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

       
        postulator: Mons. Francisco de Assis Pereira

        petitioner: Arquidiocese de Olinda e Recife, Av. Afonso Olindese 1764 – Várzea

                                 50810-000 – Recife – PE, BRAZIL
        website:
       

7) 26 August in Bethlehem, West Bank (Israel/Palestine)
   

        MARYAM BAWĀRDĪ (MARIE OF JESUS CRUCIFIED)

                [(ﻣﺮﻴﻢ  ﺑﻮﺍﺮﺩﻲ (مريم يسوع المصلوب]
        professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns
        born: 05 January 1846 in I’billin (a.k.a. Abilene), Hazafon (Israel)

        competent diocese: Jerusalem of the Latins

        CCS protocol number: 148

        type of cause: heroic virtues

       
        opening of informative process: 1919

        closing of informative process: 1922

        decree on writings: 23 July 1924

        introduction of cause: 18 May 1927

        decree “non-cultu”:

        opening of apostolic process: 1928

        closing of apostolic process: 1929

        decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes: 19 November 1930

        antepreparatory congregation: 27 November 1934

        preparatory congregations: 09 July 1936; 06 June 1944

        meeting of theological consultors: 12 May 1981

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 07 July 1981 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 27 November 1981

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 18 February 1931

            promulgation of decree on miracle: 09 July 1983
        beatification: 13 November 1983

       
        postulator:

        petitioner: Monastère du Carmel, B.P. 170, Bethlehem, ISRAEL

        website:

Note: The family name is Romanized as “Baouardy” in ecclesiastical Latin and other non-Arabic languages.
   

8) 30 October in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne (France)
   

        FRANÇOISE-APOLLINE MERLIN (MÉRE SAINT PETER)
        professed religious, Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation

        born: 09 April 1803 in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Yonne (France)

        competent diocese: Agen

        CCS protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator: Rev. Vito Tomás Gómez García, op

        petitioner: [see 1744: Marie Poussepin]

        website:
       

9) 18 December in Castellamare di Stabia, Naples (Italy)
   

        FRANCESCO SAVERIO PETAGNA
        bishop of Castellamare;

                founder, Religious Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (n.o.)
        born: 13 December 1812 in Naples (Italy)

        competent diocese: Sorrento-Castellamare di Stabia

        CCS protocol number: 1728

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 May 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

        consignment of Positio to CCS:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        congregation of CCS cardinals and bishops: 

       
        postulator:

        petitioner: Religiose dei Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria, Via Reg. Margherita, 61,

                                 80053 Castellamare di Stabia (NA), ITALY
        website:
       

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