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Adele Brice

Belgian-born American Third order Franciscan nun and Marian visionary

Servant of GodBelgiumThird Order of Saint Francis
Born
1831
Died
1896
Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

Adele Brice, T.O.S.F. (January 30, 1831 – July 5, 1896) was a Belgian-born American Catholic laywoman and Marian visionary who reported a series of visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1859 in what is now Champion, Wisconsin, then a rural Belgian Catholic settlement.

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The miracles

Cause open

A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information is available on this saint so far.

The cause

The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources
  • Santi e Beati — Serva di Dio Adele Brice — "Veggente a Champion... Dion-le-Val, Belgio, 30 gennaio 1831 - Champion, Stati Uniti d'America, 5 luglio 1896" — the visionary of Champion, Wisconsin, listed among the Servants of God.
  • Wikidata Q113736932 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Adele Brice (CC BY-SA)

Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.

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