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Raffaele Emanuele Almansa Riaño
VenerableFull write-up
Born
2 August 1840
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Died
28 June 1927
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Venerable
9 May 2016
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 9 May 2016 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2016)
Who they were
Raffaele Emanuele Almansa Riaño was a diocesan priest, formerly a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor; he was born on 2 August 1840 and died on 28 June 1927. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 9 May 2016.
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 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.
Sources
- 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.