DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS

VATICAN CITY, DEC 20, 2001 (VIS) - This morning in the Clementine Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father, the members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and the postulators of the respective causes, thirteen decrees were promulgated. Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation, read a discourse on the lives of the future blesseds and saints.

The thirteen causes are:

MIRACLES

- Blessed Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer (1902-1975), Spanish, priest and founder of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.
- Blessed Ignazio da Santhia, born Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti (1686-1770), Italian, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins.
- Blessed Pio da Pietrelcina, born Francesco Forgione (1887-1968), Italian, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins.
- Blessed Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello (1791-1858), Italian, foundress of the Congregation of the Benedictine Sisters of Providence.
- Blessed Juan Diego Cuautlatoatzin (c.1474-1548), Mexican, layman, visionary of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe.
- Venerable Servant of God Ludovico Pavoni (1784-1849), Italian, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sons of Mary Immaculate.
- Venerable Servant of God Marco Antonio Durando (1801-1880), Italian, priest of the Congregation of the Missions, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Jesus the Nazarene.
- Venerable Servant of God Luigi Variara (1875-1923), Italian, professed priest of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, founder of the Institute of the Sisters Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
- Venerable Servant of God Maria Cristina dell'Immacolata Concezione, born Adelaide Brando (1856-1906), Italian, foundress of the Congregation of the Atonement Sisters of the Eucharistic Jesus.

HEROIC VIRTUES:

- Servant of God Juan Nepomuceno Zegri Moreno (1831-1905), Spanish, priest of the diocese of Malaga, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy.
- Servant of God Pietro Legaria Armendariz (1878-1956), Spanish, priest of the diocese of Tudela, founder of the Congregation of the Handmaids of Christ the King.
- Servant of God Bruno Marchesini (1915-1938), Italian, cleric of the archdiocese of Bologna and student of the Major Roman Pontifical Seminary.
- Servant of God Maria Ludovica, born Antonina De Angelis, (1880-1962), Italian, professed religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy.

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