Margaret of Città di Castello, TOSD was an Italian Catholic educator and a Dominican tertiary. Margaret was both blind and had other physical disabilities and became known for her deep faith and holin
Margaret of Castello by Andrea di Bartolo, c. 1394–98
Relic at Saint Patrick's Church in Columbus, Ohio - a parish which houses a shrine to her.
Beatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on behalf of individual
Margaret of Castello
…holiness was apparent to all in her life, so people lobbied for her to be buried in the local church, which was an honour reserved for a select few. Her beatification received approval from Pope Paul V on 19 October 1609. Pope Francis later declared her a saint through equipollent canonization on 24 April 2021…
Pope John Paul I (1912–1978), beatified on 4 September 2022 by Pope Francis. He is the most recent pontiff to be beatified.
Pictured is Pope John Paul II. He beatified more people than all his predecessors had during the previous 400 years, and was himself beatified in 2011.