Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
Brazilian nun and martyr (1953–1993)
Feast: 7 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Lindalva Justo de Oliveira was born on 20 October 1953 at Sítio Malhada da Areia, in a very poor area of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, daughter of a farmer.
A Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, she was stabbed to death by a man obsessed with her because she refused his advances.
The miracles
As a martyr, beatified without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Daughter of Charity who died rather than be unfaithful to her consecration.
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
- Vincent de Paul Saint“Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, DC (20 October 1953 – 9 April 1993) was a Brazilian Catholic member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
- Wikidata Q768136 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lindalva Justo de Oliveira (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.