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Americo Monteiro de Aguiar
VenerableFull write-up
Born
23 October 1887
verified
Died
16 July 1956
verified
Venerable
11 December 2019
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 11 December 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)
Who they were
Americo Monteiro de Aguiar was a diocesan priest, born at Salvador de Galegos, Portugal, on 23 October 1887, who died in Porto on 16 July 1956. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 11 December 2019.
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 2019.
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 2019
- 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.