Maria Raffaella del Sacro Cuore di Gesù
The Vatican record
- 21 December 2016 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2016)
Who they were
Sebastiana Lladó y Sala, in religion Maria Raffaella del Sacro Cuore di Gesù, founded the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; she was born on 2 January 1814 and died on 8 March 1899. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 21 December 2016.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised her 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.
- 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.