Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira was the first woman to be beatified in Brazil. She was still a young Daughter of Charity, 4 years-vocation, when she was martyred. Her fidelity to her vocation and her love for everyone without preferences were so intense that she didn’t hesitate to give her life for them.

On 9 April 1993, Good Friday, after participating in a penitential celebration she was brutally murdered by a resident of Dom Pedro II Home.

1953, 20 Octoberbirth
1989, 16 Julyentry to the Seminary
1991, 26 JanuarySending on Mission to the Dom Pedro II Residence in Salvador
1993, 9 AprilMartyrdom
2007, 2 Decemberbeatified in Salvador-Bahia, Brazil
7 Januaryfeast day

For more details visit the international site of the Daughters of Charity.

See also Vincentian Encyclopedia entry


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