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Luigi Zambrano Blanco
VenerableFull write-up
Born
23 December 1909
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Died
14 February 1983
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Venerable
10 October 2016
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 10 October 2016 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2016)
Who they were
Luigi Zambrano Blanco was a diocesan priest and founder of the secular institute Hogar de Nazaret; he was born on 23 December 1909 and died on 14 February 1983. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 10 October 2016.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised his heroic virtue in 2016.
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.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2016
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Not yet in Wikidata. Name as the Vatican spells it.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.