Rafael Cordero
Puerto Rican educator
The Vatican record
- 9 December 2013 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2013)
Who they were
Rafael Cordero y Molina (October 24, 1790 – July 5, 1868), sometimes known as "Maestro Cordero", was a self-educated Puerto Rican who provided free schooling to the children of his city regardless of race or social standing.
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 Q7282084 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rafael Cordero (educator) (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.