Edel Quinn
Roman catholic Lay missionary
Who they were
Edel Mary Quinn, (14 September 1907 – 12 May 1944) known as Edel Quinn () was an Irish-born Roman Catholic lay-missionary and Envoy of the Legion of Mary to East Africa.
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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
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.
- Santi e Beati — Venerabile Edel Quinn — "Venerabile Edel Quinn | Vergine missionaria laica | Kanturk, Irlanda, 1907 – Nairobi, Kenya, 1944" — Legion of Mary envoy, declared Venerable 1994.
- Wikidata Q443996 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Edel Quinn (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.