Alexia González-Barros
Spanish child and cancer victim venerated in the Catholic Church
The Vatican record
- 5 July 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Alexia González-Barros González (7 March 1971 – 5 December 1985) was a Spanish Catholic child who died of cancer in 1985.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
Alexia González-Barros has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Alexia Gonzalez-Barros.
Connected on this site
- John Paul II Saint“González-Barros studied in school in Madrid and in her childhood received a papal blessing from Pope John Paul II during her trip to Rome.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q2834404 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alexia González-Barros González (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.