1) 05 January in Córdoba (Spain)

        MARÍA ROSARIO LUCAS BURGOS (MARÍA ROSARIO OF THE HOLY SPIRIT)

        founder, Religious Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and the Immaculata (n.o.)

        born: 27 February 1909 in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz (Spain)

        competent diocese: Córdoba

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Religiosas Esclavas del Santísimo Sacramento y de la Inmaculada, C/ Mayor de Santa Marina, 20,

                                     14001 Córdoba, SPAIN   

                             [see also 1980: José Antonio de Aldama Pruaño]

        website:

2) 10 February in Madrid (Spain)   

        GIUSEPPINA MARCUCCI [MARÍA MAGDALENA (MARIA MADDALENA)

                OF JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT]
        professed religious, Passionist Nuns
        born: 24 April 1888 in San Geminiano-Ponte a Moriano, Lucca (Italy)

        competent diocese: Madrid

        protocol number: 1642

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 20 October 1988

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Religiosas Pasionistas, Ave. Arturo Soria, 257, 28033 Madrid, SPAIN

        website:

3) 10 February in Verona (Italy)   

        FRANCESCO ANTONIO ZUCCOLO (GIOVANNI)
        professed religious, Canossian Sons of Charity
        born: 20 December 1874 in Venice (Italy)

        competent diocese: Verona

        protocol number: 1744

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 26 July 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Figli della Carità ― Canossiani, Via Marcantonio Dalla Torre, 5, 37131 Verona, ITALY
                              [1958: Giovanni Maria Pasa (Angelo)]

        website:

    
4) 10 February in Krašić, Zagrebačka (Croatia) in odium fidei   

        ALOJZIJE VIKTOR STEPINAC
        archbishop of Zagreb; cardinal
        born: 08 May 1898 in Brezarić, Krašić, Zagrebačka (Croatia)

        competent diocese: Zagreb

        protocol number: 1762

        type of cause: martyrdom

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 24 November 1995

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 03 July 1998
        beatification: 03 October 1998

        postulator:
        petitioner: Postulatura Zagrebaèke Nadbiskupije, 41000 Zagreb, Kaptol 31, CROATIA

        website:

5)  25 February in Joaçaba, Santa Catarina (Brazil)   

        HUMBERTUS LINDEN JR. (BRUNO)

        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor

        born: 08 September 1876 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

        competent diocese: Joaçaba

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Catedral Santa Teresinha, Av. Sta. Teresinha, s/n – Centro

                                     89600-000 – Joaçaba – SC, BRAZIL

                             [see also 1822: Antônio Galvão de França (Antônio of Saint Anne)]

        website:

6) 17 March in Macerata (Italy)    

        PIETRO RIMINUCCI (SERAFINO FROM PIETRARUBBIA)
        professed religious, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 25 April 1875 in Pietrarubbia, Pesaro-Urbino (Italy)

        competent diocese: Macerata/Jesi

        protocol number: 1287

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat for introduction of cause: 24 February 1979

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 14 December 1984

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 15 March 2008

        postulator:
        petitioner: Frati Minori Cappuccini, L.go dei Cappuccini, 2, 62100 Macerata, ITALY

        website:

7) 30 March in Frascati, Rome (Italy)   

        BRIGIDA MARIA POSTORINO
        founder, Daughters of Mary Immaculate (n.o.)
        born: 19 November 1865 in Catona, Reggio Calabria (Italy)

        competent diocese: Frascati

        protocol number: 1469

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 22 March 1985

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Figlie di Maria Immacolata, Via Brigida Postorino, 19, 00135 Roma, ITALY
                             [1930: Maria Carmela Giannetto (Maria Francesca)]

        website:

8) 02 May in Manduria, Taranto (Italy)   

        RAFFAELE FAGGIANO (EUGENIO OF SAINT RAPHAEL THE ARCHANGEL)
        professed priest, Passionists;

                bishop of Cariati
        born: 28 January 1877 in Salice Salentino, Lecce (Italy)

        competent diocese: Crotone-Santa Severina

        protocol number: 1559

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 09 June 1987

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Pp. Passionisti, Viale Mancini, 21, 740024 Manduria (TA), ITALY

        website:

9) 08 June in Portici, Naples (Italy)

        ANTONIETTA GIUGLIANO

        cofounder, Little Servants of Christ the King

        born: 11 July 1909 in New York City, New York (USA)

        competent diocese: Naples

        protocol number: 2417

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 03 July 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 01 December 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner:  [1952: Vincenzo Del Prete (Sossio)]

        website: http://www.fondatori-pacr.it/index.html

10) 06 July in Leopoldina, Minas Gerais (Brazil)   

        VICENTA GUILARTE ALONSO (ILDEFONSA)
        professed religious, Daughters of Jesus
        born: 21 January 1879 in Rojas de Bureba, Burgos (Spain)

        competent diocese: Leopoldina

        protocol number: 1860

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 13 April 1992

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Província Brasileira das Filhas de Jesus, Av. Otacílio Negrão de Lima, 6960 – Bandeirantes
                                     31365-450 – Belo Horizionte – MG, BRAZIL                      

                             Causa M. Vicenta Guilarte, Praça D. Helvecio, 82 – Centro
                                     36700-000 – Leopoldina – MG, BRAZIL

                             [see also 1912: Juana Josefa Cipitria Barriola (Cándida María of Jesus)]

        website:

11) 28 August in Havana (Cuba)
   
        MARÍA JOSEFA YÁÑEZ GONZÁLEZ DEL VALLE (MARÍA FRANCISCA) [biography]
        professed religious, Sisters of Saint Philip Neri, Missionaries of Education
        born: 20 February 1907 in Havana (Cuba)

        competent diocese: Madrid

        protocol number: 2413

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: 25 May 2001 (from the archdiocese of Havana)

        nihil obstat: 27 November 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Religiosas Filipenses Misioneras de Ensañanza, C/ Apostol Santiago, 74, 28017 Madrid, SPAIN

        website:

12) 22 October in Lisbon (Portugal)   

        MARIA DAS GRAÇAS BEATA ROSA (MARIA OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS)
        founder, Franciscan Servants of Our Lady of Graces (n.o.)
        born: 13 November 1901 in Niza, Portalgre (Portugal)

        competent diocese: Lisbon

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Servas Franciscanas de Nossa Senhora das Graças, Quinta de Real, 4701 Braga, PORTUGAL

        website:

13) 25 November in Tricario, Matera (Italy) 

        RAFFAELLO DELLE NOCCHE
        bishop of Tricarico;

                founder, Sisters Disciples of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament (n.o.)
        born: 19 April 1877 in Marano, Naples (Italy)

        competent diocese: Tricarico

        protocol number: 1773

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 12 February 1991

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Suore Discepole di Gesú Eucaristico, Via della Sette Chiese, 91, 00154 Roma, ITALY

        website:

14) 23 December in Mangalore, Karnataka (India)

        Raymond Francis Camillus Mascarenhas
        priest of the diocese of Mangalore;

                founder, Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany
        born: 23 January 1875 in Shimavogga (a.k.a. Shimoga), Karnataka (India)

        competent diocese: Mangalore

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 16 June 2008

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops:

        postulator:
        petitioner: Sisters of the Little FLower of Bethany, P.O. Box 593, Kankanady Post, Mangalore,

                                     575002 Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, INDIA

        website: