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Blessed Alexandrina Maria Da Costa

Blessed Alexandrina Maria Da Costa

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

13-Oct

Born

30 March 1904 at Balasar, Oporto, Portugal

Died

13 October 1955 at Balasar, Oporto, Portugal of natural causes

Beatified

25 April 2004 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

12 January 1996 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa, also known as Alexandrina of Balasar, was a remarkable laywoman and mystic from the diocese of Braga, Portugal. Born on March 30, 1904, in Balasar, Oporto, Portugal, she grew up in a devout Catholic family and received religious education from her pious mother on their family farm.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified2004-04-25 by 25 April 2004 by Pope John Paul II

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