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Blessed Ana Julia Duque Heckner

Also known as: Sister María Berenice; María Berenice Duque Hencker

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

July 25

Born

August 14, 1898

Died

July 25, 1993

Beatified

29 October 2022 by Pope Francis

Venerated

12 February 2019 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Ana Julia Duque Heckner, also known as Sister María Berenice or María Berenice Duque Hencker, was a Colombian Catholic nun and the founder of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Annunciation. She was born on August 14, 1898, in Salamina, Caldas, Colombia.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2022-10-29 by 29 October 2022 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Cathedral of La Inmaculada Concepción de María, Medellín, Colombia, presided by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro

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