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Baba Simon
Cameroonian catholic priest (1906-1975)
VenerableCameroon
Born
1906
Died
13 August 1975
Vatican record
Venerable
20 May 2023
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 20 May 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Catholic priest, school teacher; born in Cameroon; died in Edéa.
The miracles
No miracle approved yet
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
Baba Simon 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 Baba Simon: the official site.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q17350934 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.