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Maria Cristina Ogier

Young Christian woman, Roman Catholic venerable

VenerableThird Order of Saint Francis

Born

9 March 1955

Vatican record

Died

8 January 1974

Vatican record

Venerable

20 May 2023

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

20 May 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)

Who they were

Born in Florence; died in Rome.

The miracles

No miracle approved yet

The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information is available on this saint so far.

The cause

Maria Cristina Ogier has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Maria Cristina Ogier.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. Reporting one begins with the postulation.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
Wikidata Q111025024 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.