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Elisabetta Bruyère

VenerableFull write-up

Born

19 March 1818

verified

Died

5 April 1876

verified

Venerable

14 April 2018

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

14 April 2018 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2018)

Who they were

Elisabetta (Élisabeth) Bruyère founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa; she was born at L'Assomption, Canada, on 19 March 1818 and died in Ottawa on 5 April 1876. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 14 April 2018.

The miracles

The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Church recognised her heroic virtue in 2018.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2018
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.