Aleksa Benigar
Croatian missionary (1893-1988)
Who they were
Writer, missionary, Catholic priest; born in Zagreb; died in Rome.
The miracles
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.
- Croatian Franciscan Province (ofm.hr) - Sluga Bozji fra Aleksa Benigar — Franciscan missionary in China (1893-1988); his cause was opened in 1995 and he is named a Servant of God.
- Wikidata Q12626716 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.