Luiz Gonzaga do Monte
Who they were
Luís Gonzaga do Monte, known as Padre Monte or Cônego Monte, was a Brazilian Catholic priest of the clergy of Natal and a founding member of the Academia Norte-Riograndense de Letras.
Summary translated from the Portuguese Wikipedia article Cônego Monte (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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.
- Archdiocese of Natal - Padre Luis Monte em Natal: sabio e santo — The archdiocese asked Rome to open his cause in 2004 and received the nihil obstat in 2005, making him a Servant of God; the process continues at Natal.
- Wikidata Q124552860 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.