Sunday, February 21, 2010

Full list of figures approved for sainthood by Pope Benedict XVI

MOTHER Mary MacKillop was one of six figures approved for sainthood yesterday by Pope Benedict XVI. The others who will be canonised are:

• André Bessette: Commonly known as 'Brother André', he is a highly popular figure and has been credited with thousands of miraculous healings. He died in 1937.

• Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola: The Spanish nun founded the Congregation of the Hijas de Jesus in 1871 in Salamanca, Spain. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1996.

• Giulia Salzano: The Italian nun, who died in 1929, founded the Congregation of the Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred Heart in 1905.

• Battista Varano: Born in 1458, she was an Italian nun and member of the Poor Claires. She was beatified by Gregory XVI in 1843.

• Stanislaw Soltys: The 15th-century Polish priest was a member of the Canons Regular of the Lateran.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Disclaimer

No responsibility or liability shall attach itself to us or to the blogspot ‘Clerical Whispers’ for any or all of the articles placed here.

The placing of an article hereupon does not necessarily imply that we agree or accept the contents of the article as being necessarily factual in theology, dogma or otherwise.

SIC: TSM