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Adolfo
VenerableFull write-up
Born
8 November 1894
verified
Died
14 March 1976
verified
Venerable
17 December 2015
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 17 December 2015 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Leonardo Lanzuela Martínez, in religion Brother Adolfo, was a professed religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools; he was born on 8 November 1894 and died on 14 March 1976. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 17 December 2015.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised his heroic virtue in 2015.
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.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2015
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Not yet in Wikidata. Name as the Vatican spells it.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.