Isabel Cristina
Young Brazilian Roman Catholic
Feast: 1 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
The Vatican record
- 27 October 2020 — Martyrdom recognised (decree list, 2020)
Who they were
Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos was born at Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on 29 July 1962, to a family of modest means. She grew up in her parish and belonged to the youth group of the Society of St Vincent de Paul.
On 1 September 1982, aged twenty, she was killed by a man who had planned the attack; she died defending the chastity that marked her life. Her death was at once regarded as martyrdom by the faithful and by clergy.
The miracles
As a martyr, beatified without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A young woman who gave her life rather than betray her chastity and faith.
The cause
Isabel Cristina has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Postulation for the causes of saints: Blessed Isabel Cristina.
Connected on this site
- Vincent de Paul Saint“She grew up in her parish and belonged to the youth group of the Society of St Vincent de Paul.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q21020091 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Isabel Cristina (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.