Emilia de San José
Venezuelian Roman catholic nun, venerable
Who they were
Emilia de San José, born Emilia Chapellín Istúriz, (7 December 1858 – 18 January 1893) was a Venezuelan religious sister, considered venerable by the Catholic Church. She founded in 1890 the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Maiquetia, which became the first Catholic religious congregation established in Venezuela since 1874, when President Antonio Guzman Blanco closed all religious establishments. She also founded and directed the San José de Maiquetía Hospital.
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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
Emilia de San José 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 Venerable Mother Emilia de San José.
- Hermanas de los Pobres de Maiquetia — Venerable Madre Emilia de San Jose — Emilia Chapellin Isturiz, 1858-1893, foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor of Maiquetia; her cause was opened in 1957, she was named Servant of God in 1979 and John Paul II declared her Venerable on 23 December 199
- Wikidata Q19632196 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Emilia de San José (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.