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Sebastián Elorza Arizmendi
VenerableFull write-up
Born
31 October 1882
verified
Died
8 December 1942
verified
Venerable
3 April 2014
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 3 April 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)
Who they were
Sebastián Elorza Arizmendi was a professed lay brother of the Order of St Augustine, born at Idiazábal, Spain, on 31 October 1882, who died at Santa María de La Vid, Spain, on 8 December 1942. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 3 April 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.
Sources
- 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.