Blessed Benigna Cardoso Da Silva
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
October 24
Born
October 15, 1928
Died
October 1, 24
Beatified
24 October 2022 by Pope Francis
Venerated
2 October 2019 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Benigna Cardoso Da Silva was born on October 15, 1928, in Sítio Oitis, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil. She was the youngest of four children born to José Cardoso da Silva and Thereza Maria da Silva. Tragically, Benigna's father passed away before she was born, and her mother died when she was just a year old. Consequently, she and her brother were taken in and raised by another family.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2022-10-24 by 24 October 2022 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Square of the Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Penha, Crato, Brazil, presided by Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner
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