Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos honorific prefix venerable
Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos (20 January 1901 – 8 January 1972) was a Brazilian nun and the founder of the Little Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate. She assumed the name of Maria Teresa of the Eucharistic Jesus after she had become a nun.
Pope Francis recognized her life of heroic virtue and proclaimed her to be Venerable on 3 April 2014.Beatification process
The beatification process was introduced in Brazil with the declaration of "nihil obstat" (nothing against) and it bestowed upon her the title of Servant of God; the cause opened in 1997. The process opened on a local level and it spanned from 17 August 1997 to 25 November 2001; the process was ratified in 2003.Pope Francis recognized her life of heroic virtue and conferred on her the title of Venerable on 3 April 2014. A miracle attributed to her was investigated and the process of that investigation was ratified on 8 February 2013.
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