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Teresa Enríquez de Alvarado
VenerableFull write-up
Born
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unknown
Died
4 March 1529
verified
Venerable
23 March 2023
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 23 March 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Teresa Enríquez de Alvarado was a laywoman and mother of a family, born in Valladolid, Spain, around 1456, who died at Torrijos, Spain, on 4 March 1529. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 23 March 2023.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised her heroic virtue in 2023.
The cause
Teresa Enríquez de Alvarado has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Franciscans: the cause of Teresa Enríquez de Alvarado.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2023
- 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.