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Franz de Castro Holzwarth
VenerableBrazil
Born
18 May 1942
Vatican record
Died
14 February 1981
Vatican record
Venerable
17 December 2022
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 17 December 2022 — Offering of life recognised (decree list, 2022)
Who they were
Advocate; born in Barra do Piraí; died in Jacareí.
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
Franz de Castro Holzwarth has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Postulation for the cause of Franz de Castro Holzwarth.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q10285588 — 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.