~ 1905 ~

1) 01 January in Hasselt, Limburg (Belgium)
       

        JOANNES LUDOVICUS [JAN LOUIS] PAQUAY (VALENTINUS)
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 17 November 1828 in Tongres, Limburg (Belgium)
        protocol number: 184

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 22 November 1922   

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 04 May 1970

        beatification: 09 November 2003
        actor: Minderbroeders, Minderbroedersstraat 19, 3500 Hasselt, BELGIUM
       

       
2) 31 January in Paris (France)

        ADRIEN-FÉLIX-JEAN MAS (EXUPÉRIEN)
        professed religious, De la Salle Brothers
        born: 07 June 1829 in Poujol, Hérault (France)
        protocol number: 291

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 18 July 1934   

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 03 March 1990
        actor: Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes - Lasalliens, 78A Rue de Sèvres, 75341 Paris cedex 07, FRANCE
       
   

3) 06 February in Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
   

        REGINA BONZEL (MARIA THERESIA)
        founder, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
        born: 17 September 1830 in Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
        protocol number: 172

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 25 October 1996   

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors: 26 February 2002

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Franziskanerinnen von der Ewigen Anbetung, Maria-Theresia-Str. 32, 57462 Olpe, GERMANY
           

           
4) 09 February in Vorau, Steiermark (Austria)

        BARBARA SICHARTER

        founder, Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Vorau (n.o.)

        born: 04 December 1829 in Wenigzell, Steiermark (Austria)

        protocol number: 2708

        nihil obstat: 13 January 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Schwestern von der unbefleckten Empfängnis (Vorauer Marienschwestern), Spitalstaße 101,

                            A-8250 Vorau, AUSTRIA

5) 15 February in Chudleigh, Devonshire, England (United Kingdom)

        TERESA HELENA HIGGINSON
        layperson of the archdiocese of Liverpool
        born: 27 May 1844 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
        protocol number: 287

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 26 June 1935

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        nihil obstat:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Archdiocesan Curia, Croxteth Drive, Liverpool, L17 1AA, England, UNITED KINGDOM
                    St Winefride R.C. Church, Burton Road, Little Neston, Merseyside CH64 9RF, UNITED KINGDOM
                   

6) 26 February in Benisa, Valencia (Spain)

        HUMILDE SORIA PONS
        widower; professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor
        born: 09 January 1844 in Oliva, Valencia (Spain)
        protocol number: 2701

        nihil obstat: 05 June 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 14 October 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Curia Provincial de los Franciscanos, Plaza Sn. Lorenzo 2-1º, 46003 Valencia, SPAIN
       

7) 28 February in Naples (Italy)

        GENNARO DE ROSA
        priest of the archdiocese of Naples
        born: 28 July 1823 in Naples (Italy)
        protocol number: 234

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 16 December 1931   

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: [see 1898: Vincenzo Maria Sarnelli]
       

8) 12 March in Huesca (Spain)
   

        SATURNINO LÓPEZ NOVOA
        priest of the diocese of Barbastro;

                founder, Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly (n.o.)
        born: 29 November 1830 in Sigüenza, Guadalajara (Spain)
        protocol number: 2205

        competentia fori: 21 November 1997 (to the archdiocese of Valencia)

        nihil obstat: 02 April 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: [see 1897: Teresa Jornet Ibars (Teresa of Jesus)]
   

9) 17 March in Málaga (Spain)

        JUAN NEPOMUCENO ZEGRÍ MORENO
        priest of the archdiocese of Málaga;

                founder, Mercedarian Sisters of Charity (n.o.)
        born: 11 October 1831 in Granada (Spain)
        protocol number: 991

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 07 February 1992

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 20 December 2001
        beatification: 09 November 2003
        actor: Suore Mercedarie della Carità, Via Urbisiglia, 11, 00183 Roma, ITALY

                    Hermanas Mercedarias de la Caridad, C/ Serrano, 132, 28006 Madrid, SPAIN
                    [1941: Regina Lete Landa (Isabel of Jesus)]
   

10) 28 March in Rome (Italy)

        CEFERINO NAMUNCURÁ
        young layperson of the diocese of Viedma
        born: 26 August 1886 in Chimpay, Río Negro (Argentina)
        protocol number: 617

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 03 May 1957   

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 22 June 1972

        beatification: 11 November 2007
        actor: Inspectoría Salesiana Patagonia Norte, Vieytes 150 – c.c. 155, B8000AED Bahía Blanca, ARGENTINA
                    [1951: Artémides Zatti]
   
   

11) 07 April in Taiyuan, Shansi (China)

        MARIA ASSUNTA PALLOTTA
        professed religious, Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
        born: 20 August 1878 in Force, L’Aquila (Italy)
        protocol number: 371

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 25 July 1923   

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 28 February 1932
        beatification: 07 November 1954
        actor: [1904: Hélène-Marie-Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville (Marie of the Passion)]
   
   

12) 01 June in Piacenza (Italy)

        GIOVANNI BATTISTA SCALABRINI
        bishop of Piacenza;

                founder, Missionaries of Saint Charles (Scalabrinians)
        born: 08 July 1839 in Fino Mornasco, Como (Italy)
        protocol number: 312

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 11 May 1982   

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 16 March 1987
        beatification: 09 November 1997
        actor: Missionari di San Carlo - Scalabriniani, Via Calandrelli, 11, 00153 Roma, ITALY
                    [1941: Massimo Rinaldi]
   
   

13) 05 June in Nieszawa, Pomorskie (Poland)

        MAŁGORZATA SZEWCZYK (ŁUCJA)
        cofounder, Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God - Seraphic Sisters
        born: ca. 1828 in Volyns’ka oblast’ (a.k.a. Volhynia or Wołyń) (then in Poland; now in the Ukraine)
        protocol number: 1919   

        nihil obstat: 25 August 1993   

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Siostry Serafitki, ul. Łowiecka, 3, 30-106 Kraków, POLAND
                    [1942: Janina Szymkowiak (Sancja);

                      see also 1916: Wacław Koźmiński (Honorat from Biała)]

       
14) 06 July in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec (Canada)

        AURÉLIE CAOUETTE (CATHERINE AURÉLIE OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD)
        founder, Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood
        born: 11 July 1833 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec (Canada)
        protocol number: 1905

        nihil obstat: 26 April 1993

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 04 March 1994

        publication year of Positio: 1999

        session of historical consultors: 27 March 2001

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Adoratrices du Précieux Sang, 2520 rue Girouard, C.P. 401, St. Hyacinthe, Que., J2S 7B8, CANADA
       
       

15) 30 July in Canicattì, Agrigento (Italy)

        GAETANO LA LOMIA (GIOACCHINO FROM CANICATTÌ)
        professed priest, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 03 March 1831 in Canicattì, Agrigento (Italy)
        protocol number: 34

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 26 April 1985

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 23 April 2002
        actor: Frati Cappucini, 92024 Canicattì (AG), ITALY

                    [1627: Alessandro Caruso (Girolamo from Cammarata)]

 

16) 09 August in Zamora (Spain)

        BONIFACIA RODRÍGUEZ CASTRO
        cofounder, Servants of Saint Joseph
        born: 06 June 1837 in Salamanca (Spain)
        protocol number: 990

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 02 February 1996   

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 01 July 2000
        beatification: 09 November 2003
        actor: Siervas de San José, C/ Brisa, 4, 28003 Madrid, SPAIN
                   [1899: Francesc Xavier Butinyà Hospital;

                    1953: Isabel Méndez Herrero (Isabel of Mary Immaculate)]
   

   
17) 18 August in Evansville, Indiana (USA)
   

        ANNA BENTIVOGLIO (MARY MAGDALEN

                [MARIA MADDALENA] OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS)
        professed religious, Poor Clare Nuns
        born: 29 July 1824 in Fiano Romano, Rome (Italy)

        protocol number: 157
        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        introduction of cause: 01 April 1969

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Monastery of St. Clare, 509 S. Kentucky Ave., Evansville, IN 47714, USA
       

18) 06 September in Zacatecas (Mexico)

        JOSÉ ANASTASIO DÍAZ LÓPEZ
        priest of the diocese of Zacatecas;

                founder, Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of Guadalupe
        born: 15 April 1858 in Aguascalientes (Mexico)
        protocol number: 2401

        nihil obstat: 16 March 2001

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Hijas del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús y de Santa María de Guadalupe, Genaro Codina 607,

                            Col. Zacatecas Centro, 98000 Zacatecas, Zac., MEXICO
   
   

19) 23 September in Três Pontas, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
   

        FRANCISCO DE PAULA VITOR
        priest of the diocese of Campanha
        born: 12 April 1827 in Campanha, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
        protocol number: 1866

        nihil obstat: 10 August 1992

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Associação Padre Victor de Três Pontas, Praça Cônego Victor, 45 – Centro
                             37190-000 – Três Pontas – MG, BRAZIL
           

20) 16 October in Petrópolis, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)

        JOÃO MARIA CAVALCANTI DE BRITO

        priest of the archdiocese of Natal

        born: 23 June 1848 in Logradouro, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)

        protocol number: 2650

        nihil obstat: 13 May 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Paróquia de Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Tv. Aprígio Alves, 738 – Areia Preta

                            59014-050 – Natal – RN, BRAZIL
                    [see also 1944: Luiz Gonzaga do Monte]

21) 23 November in Rodatyche, L’vivs’ka oblast’ (Ukraine)

        MARCIANNA MARIA ANTONINA MIRSKA
        founder, Sisters of Divine Providence of Pyzemyśl (n.o.)
        born: 10 January 1822 in Bybło, Pyzemyśl, Podkarpackie (Poland)
        protocol number: 1989

        nihil obstat: 21 August 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Siostry Opatrzności Bożej, ul. Krasińskiego, 33, 37-700 Przemyśl, POLAND
       
       

22) 02 December in Chioggia, Venice (Italy) 

        EMILIO VENTURINI
        priest, Oratorians;

                founder, Servants of Our Lady of Sorrows of Chioggia (n.o.)
        born: 09 January 1842 in Chioggia, Venice (Italy)

        protocol number: 2077

        nihil obstat: 27 October 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        actor: Serve di Maria Addolorata, Via Calle Manfredi, 224, 30015 Chioggia (VE), ITALY
       

       
23) 12 December in Moricone, Rome (Italy)
   

        GIACOMO BRUNI (GIOVANNI OF THE HOLY SPIRIT)
        professed priest, Passionists
        born: 08 August 1882 in San Benedetto del Tronto, Ascoli Piceno (Italy)
        protocol number: 380

        introduction of cause: 11 May 1945  

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 09 June 1983
        actor: [see 1911: Cesare Silvestrelli (Bernardo Maria of Jesus)]
       
   

24) 28 December in Falvaterra, Frosinone (Italy)
   

        PAOLO DE GRUTTIS (FORTUNATO MARIA OF SAINT PAUL)
        professed priest, Passionists
        born: 03 March 1826 in Roccavivi, L’Aquila (Italy)
        protocol number: 1010

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 02 December 1983

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 11 July 1992
        actor: Pp. Passionisti, S. Sosio Martire, 03020 Falvaterra (FR), ITALY
   

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