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Martin Benedict
VenerableFull write-up
Born
31 July 1931
verified
Died
12 July 1986
verified
Venerable
17 December 2022
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 17 December 2022 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2022)
Who they were
Martin Benedict was a professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, born at Galbeni, Romania, on 31 July 1931, who died at Onești, Romania, on 12 July 1986. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 17 December 2022.
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 2022.
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 2022
- 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.