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Henriette DeLille
American nun (1813–1862)
SaintUnited StatesPost-1588
Born
1813
Died
1862
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Henriette Díaz DeLille, SSF (March 11, 1813 – November 17, 1862) was a Louisiana Creole of color and Catholic religious sister from New Orleans. She founded the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1836 and served as their first Mother Superior. The sisters are the second-oldest surviving congregation of African-American religious.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- National Catholic Register — Henriette DeLille among the 'Saintly Six' Black Catholic causes — Creole foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans; her congregation formally opened her cause with the Holy See in 1988 and Benedict XVI declared her Venerable in 2010. A live Vatican cause.
- Wikidata Q5716083 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Henriette DeLille (CC BY-SA)
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