Andrea Garrido Perales
The Vatican record
- 13 December 2021 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2021)
Who they were
Andrea Garrido Perales was a professed priest of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians), born at Vallada, Spain, on 29 November 1663, who died at Xàtiva, Spain, on 23 February 1728. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 13 December 2021.
The miracles
The source does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised his heroic virtue in 2021.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2021
- 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.