VATICAN CITY, DEC 18, 2000 (VIS) - Today in the Consistory Hall, the following decrees were promulgated in the presence of the Holy Father, John Paul II, the members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and the postulators of the respective causes:
- Five decrees regarding miracles attributed to:
- Blessed Giuseppe Marello, bishop of Acqui, Italy, and founder of the Congregation of the Oblates of St. Joseph (1844-1895).
- Blessed Teresa Eustochio (nee Ignazia Verzeri), Italian, virgin, foundress of the Institute of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1801-1852).
- Blessed Francesca Salesia, French, (nee Leonia Aviat), virgin, foundress of the Congregation of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis of Sales (1844-1914).
- Blessed Maria Crescenzia, German, (nee Anna Hoss), professed nun of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis (1682-1744).
- Servant of God Emilia Tavernier, widow Gamelin, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of Montreal, Canada, (1800-1851).
- Seven decrees regarding the martyrdom of the Servants of God:
- Jose Aparicio Sanz and 73 companions, diocesan priests, laymen and women, killed for the faith during religious persecution under the Second Republic in Spain, 1936.
- Vicente Cabanes Badenas and 18 companions, Capuchin Teritiaries, and Maria Carmela Garcia Moyon, lay woman, killed for the faith during religious persecution under the Second Republic in Spain, 1936.
- Juan Maria de la Cruz (ne Mariano Garcia Mendez), priest of the Congregation of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1891-1936). Killed for the faith during religious persecution under the Second Republic in Spain.
- Francisco de Paula Castello y Aleu, layman, (1914-1936). Killed for the faith during religious persecution under the Second Republic in Spain.
- Maria del Patrocinio de San Juan (nee Maria Giner Gomes) professed nun of the Congregation of the Missionary Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians) (1874-1936). Killed for the faith during religious persecution under the Second Republic in Spain.
- Rosario de Soano (nee Petra Maria Vittoria Quinitana Argos) and two companions, Capuchin Tertiaries of the Holy Family, killed for the faith during religious persecution under the Second Republic in Spain.
- Josefa de San Juan de Dios Ruano Garcia and Maria Dolores de San Eulalia Puig Bonay, professed nuns of the Congregation of Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly, killed for the faith during religious persecution under the Second Republic in Spain.
- Seven decrees regarding the heroic virtues of the following Servants of God:
- Vendelino Vosnjak, priest of the Order of Friars Minor (1861, Slovenia - 1933, Croatia).
- Giuseppe Ghezzi, Italian, professed layman of the Order of Friars Minor (1872-1955).
- Liberata del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus (nee Liberata Orozco Santa Cruz), Mexican, foundress of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge (1834-1926).
- Maria Pilar Izquierdo Albero, Spanish foundress of the Missionary Works of Jesus and Mary, (1906-1945).
- Sanzia Szymkowiak (nee Giannina), Polish, professed nun of the Congregation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Sorrows (1910-1942).
- Maria Candida Dell'Eucaristia (nee Maria Barba), Italian, professed nun of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (1884-1949).
- Maria Romero Meneses professed nun of the Institute of Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (1902, Nicaragua -1977, Costa Rica).
Among those present were Cardinals Edmund Casimir Szoka and Henri Schwery, and Archbishop Jose Saraiva Martins prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
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