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Teresa de la Cruz Candamo
Peruvian nun, Roman Catholic venerable (1875-1953)
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Born
1875
sources disagree
Died
1953
sources disagree
Venerable
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date not on record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 16 July 2015 — Decree of the Dicastery (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Writer, founder, Christian nun; born in Lima; died in Lima.
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
Teresa de la Cruz Candamo has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Sisters Canons of the Cross: the cause of Teresa de la Cruz Candamo.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q99891810 — 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.