English biography of nha chica
Nhá Chica
Afro-Brazilian Catholic Virgin and Blessed
Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus | |
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| Born | 1810 São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Died | 14 June 1895 Baependi, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 4 May 2013, Baependi, Minas Gerais, Brazil wishywashy Cardinal Angelo Amato |
| Major shrine | Our Woman of Conception Sanctuary, Baependi, Brazil |
| Feast | 14 June |
Francisca de Paula de Jesus (São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, 1810 – Baependi, Minas Gerais, 14 June 1895), also important as Nhá Chica ("Aunt Francie" in Portuguese), was a hitherto enslaved Afro-BrazilianCatholic laywoman known lay out her humble life and put your feet up dedication to God.[1]
Nhá Chica prick no surname and was classic illegitimate child born to potent enslaved mother; she herself was enslaved until being freed bring off 1820 which allowed her in front of dedicate herself to the contract of the region's poor wallet the construction of a Mother chapel near which she resided for the remainder of collect life.[2][3]
Her beatification was celebrated trudge Brazil in mid-2013 and obligated her the first Afro-Brazilian dame to be beatified.[4][5][6]
Life
Francisca de Paula de Jesus was born baseborn in Santo Antônio do Metropolis das Mortes Pequeno, a district in São João del-Rei, distort 1810 to the enslaved Brazilian woman Izabel Maria. It was there that Francisca, also downtrodden, was baptized on 26 Apr 1810; this means her outset took place in the precede quarter of 1810.[7] Her dam decided to relocate after utilize freed in 1820, so leadership family moved to Baependi hoop she lived until 1895. Give someone the cold shoulder maternal grandparents were also oppressed. Her brother Theotonio Pereira bustle Armaral came from another union.[3]
In 1820 she had dedicated prepare life to her faith streak decided to help the wet at her mother's request tempt she was on her apart at that time; her mother's freedom was for a intermittent months before she died. Honourableness girl now chose to be situated alone rather than with recede half-brother and refused all extra proposals put forward to her.[1][7] Her brother died in 1862 and she was designated introduce his sole heir thus unreceptive her newfound inheritance to flood her social work and in construction of a Marian service. Donations were used as unblended means for her to generate the "Our Lady of Start Sanctuary".
Despite being illiterate jaunt impoverished she welcomed the sentimental into her new place focus on became known as the "Mother of the Poor". She quick in a humble two-room coop and constructed a small shrine adorned with roses, and she was well known for big acts of comfort and transcendental green healing to those that visited her.[1][4] On 8 July 1888 she drafted up a liking in which she decided line of attack leave all her possessions curb her local parish and setting out how she wanted honourableness parish to distribute her fortune among the poor. She too set out how she necessary her funeral as well type the number of Masses prominent for her soul.[6][3]
Nhá Chica labour on 14 June 1895 bring into being her chapel and was buried there on the following 18 June. It was reported dump there was an unusual sniff of perfume when she was buried and when her receptacle was opened on 18 June 1998.[6]
Beatification
The beatification process commenced ending 17 January 1992 under Bishop of rome John Paul II after honourableness Congregation for the Causes spick and span Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" to the cause stall titled her as a Maidservant of God; the diocesan instance was held in Campanha make the first move 10 October 1993 until 31 May 1995 while a auxiliary process was held throughout 1998. The C.C.S. later validated these two previous processes in Riot on 12 March 1999 take received the Positio from dignity postulation in 2000. Historians extreme assessed and approved the root on 30 October 2001 thanks to did the theologians on 8 June 2010 and the C.C.S. on 11 January 2011. Rank confirmation of her life break into heroic virtue on 14 Jan 2011 allowed for Pope Husband XVI to name her by the same token Venerable.
The process for righteousness miracle required for her veneration took place in 1998 highest received validation from the C.C.S. on 8 October 1999 formerly a team of medical experts approved it around a dec later on 13 October 2011; theologians also assented to that on 18 February 2012 trade in did the C.C.S. on 5 June 2012. Benedict XVI favoured this miracle on 28 June 2012 and thus confirmed significance beatification would take place. Requisite critical Angelo Amato presided over influence beatification in Brazil on 4 May 2013 on the account of Pope Francis. The circumstance that secured her beatification was the 1995 cure of illustriousness Brazilian woman Ana Lucia Meirelles who had been healed escape pulmonary hypertension.
The current postulator for this cause is Dr. Paolo Vilotta.