Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos | |
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| Virgin and martyr | |
| Born | 29 July 1962 Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Died | 1 September 1982 (aged 20) Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 10 December 2022, Parque de Exposições Senador Bias Fortes, Barbacena, Brazil by Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis |
| Major shrine | Chapel of Blessed Isabel Cristina, Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Feast | 1 September |
| Attributes | white tunic, rosary ring, lilies, roses and martyr's palm |
| Patronage | College students[1][2] |
Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos (29 July 1962 – 1 September 1982) was a Brazilian Catholic laywoman.[3][4]
She served as a Vincentian in her parish, although she never formally joined the movement.[5] In her spare time, she devoted herself to faith. She was often seen doing Eucharistic adoration and attending Mass. She wanted to study medicine and become a pediatrician to take care of underprivileged children, but was murdered in her apartment after an attempted rape.[3][4]
Her beatification process began on 26 January 2001. On 27 October 2020, Pope Francis acknowledged that Cristina was killed in odium fidei ("in hatred of faith"), approving the ceremony of her beatification, which occurred 10 December 2022.[3][5] She is the first martyr of the brazilian state of Minas Gerais.[6]
- ^ "Beata Isabel Cristina será a padroeira dos universitários em Juiz de Fora" [Beata Isabel Cristina will be the patron saint of university students in Juiz de Fora] (in Portuguese). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Beata Isabel Cristina será protetora do Vicariato da Juventude da Arquidiocese de Juiz de Fora" [Blessed Isabel Cristina will be protector of the Youth Vicariate of the Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Larry Peterson (3 November 2020). "This "martyr for purity" was killed in 1982 in Brazil". Aleteia. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos". Postulazione Cause Santi. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Beata Isabella Cristina Mrad Campos". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Relíquia da Beata Isabel Cristina poderá ser venerada no Santuário do Pai das Misericórdias da Canção Novas" (in Portuguese). Archdiocese of Mariana. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.