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Umiltà Patlán Sánchez
VenerableFull write-up
Born
17 March 1895
verified
Died
17 June 1970
verified
Venerable
16 June 2017
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 16 June 2017 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2017)
Who they were
Maria Patlán Sánchez, in religion Umiltà, was a professed sister of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception; she was born on 17 March 1895 and died on 17 June 1970. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 16 June 2017.
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 2017.
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 2017
- 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.