Blessed Jacinto Vera Y Durán
Feast Day
6-May
Born
3 July 1813 onboard a ship on the Atlantic Ocean off Ilha de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Died
6 May 1881 in Montevideo, Uruguay of natural causes
Beatified
6 May 2023 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated in Montevideo, Uruguay, presided by Cardinal Paulo Cezar Costa; the beatification miracle involved the 8 October 1936 healing of a girl in her mid-teens from “appendicitis, retroperiteneal pelvic abscess, sepsis” and life-threatening fever by the intercession of Blessed Jacinto
Venerated
5 May 2015 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Jacinto Vera Y Durán, also known as Jacinto Vera, was born on 3 July 1813 aboard a ship on the Atlantic Ocean off Ilha de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. He hailed from a humble farming family and spent his youth working in the fields alongside his family members.
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