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Serafina Cinque
Brasilian nun
VenerableBrazilAdorers of the Blood of Christ
Born
31 January 1913
Vatican record
Died
21 October 1988
Vatican record
Venerable
27 January 2014
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 27 January 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)
Who they were
Nurse, Christian nun, religious sister; born in Urucurituba; died in Manaus.
The miracles
No miracle approved yet
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
Serafina Cinque has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Adorers of the Blood of Christ: Serafina Cinque.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q99941888 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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.