Victor Scheppers
Belgian saint (1802–1877)
Who they were
Msgr. Victor Scheppers (25 April 1802 in Mechelen – 7 March 1877 in Mechelen) was the founder of the Brothers of Mercy of Mechelen and the Scheppersinstituut Mechelen. He was declared "venerable" by the Roman Catholic Church in March 1987. His feast day is 7 March, the date of his death.
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The miracles
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
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.
- Santi, beati e testimoni — VenerabileVictor Scheppers — VenerabileVictor Scheppers — Sacerdote, fondatore — Mechelen-Malines, Belgio, 25 aprile 1802 – 7 marzo 1877
- Wikidata Q439938 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Victor Scheppers (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.