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Clarangela Ghilardi
Italian missionary nun and nurse, venerable
VenerableItalySisters of the Poor, Palazzolo Institute
Born
21 April 1931
Vatican record
Died
6 May 1995
Vatican record
Venerable
20 February 2021
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 20 February 2021 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2021)
Who they were
Midwife, nurse, nun; born in Trescore Balneario; died in Kikwit.
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
Clarangela Ghilardi has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Sisters of the Poor: the cause of Clarangela Ghilardi.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q106929896 — 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.