Saturnino López Novoa
The Vatican record
- 8 July 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)
Who they were
Saturnino López Novoa was a diocesan priest and co-founder of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly (Hermanitas de los Ancianos Desamparados); he was born at Sigüenza, Spain, on 29 November 1830 and died at Huesca, Spain, on 12 March 1905. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 8 July 2014.
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 2014.
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.
Connected on this site
- St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet Saint“Ibars was the great-niece of Francisco Palau and a friend and confidante of Saturnino López Novoa.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2014
- 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.