Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri
Spanish chemist, educator (1916-1975)
Feast: 18 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
The Vatican record
- 4 May 2017 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2017)
- 8 June 2018 — Miracle through their intercession approved (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri was born in Madrid on 12 December 1916. A chemistry teacher and a laywoman of Opus Dei, she went as a missionary to Mexico and served others with joy, seeking holiness in ordinary work and daily life.
She died on 16 July 1975.
The miracles
A man
A man was healed instantly, completely and lastingly of an ulcerated skin cancer through her intercession.
Why that counted as sanctity
The case of a man was examined by the Church's doctors and theologians and approved as a miracle on 8 June 2018, opening the way to beatification.
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.
Connected on this site
- Josemaría Escrivá Saint“She was one of the first women to join Opus Dei, after meeting the founder Josemaría Escrivá in 1944.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decree on the miracle for Blessed Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q9282462 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.