Mother Veronica of the Passion
English convert, Carmelite nun and foundress (1823–1906)
The Vatican record
- 8 July 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)
Who they were
Veronica of the Passion, OCD (born Sophie Leeves; 1 October 1823 – 11 November 1906) was an Ottoman-born English Catholic nun who founded the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, a religious congregation for women based in India.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
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
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 — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q3490986 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Veronica of the Passion (CC BY-SA)
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.