John Bradburne
British Indian Army officer and secular missionary (1921-1979)
Who they were
John Randal Bradburne, OFS (14 June 1921 – 5 September 1979) was an English lay member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, a poet, and warden of the Mutemwa leper colony at Mutoko, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Bradburne was killed by nationalist guerrillas and he is a candidate for canonisation. On 15 July 2019, the Holy See gave the nihil obstat for the start of the cause of canonisation by giving Bradburne the title of 'Servant of God'.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- Santi, beati e testimoni — Servo di DioJohn Randal Bradburne — Servo di DioJohn Randal Bradburne — Terziario francescano, martire — Skirwith, Regno Unito, 14 giugno 1921 - Mutoko, Zimbabwe, 2 settembre 1979
- Wikidata Q6222823 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Bradburne (CC BY-SA)
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