page_title: Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin
section_title: Beatification
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin / Beatification
caption_attribution_description: English: Saint Patrick Church (Columbus, Ohio) - relics of Louis &amp; Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin, detail
context_page_description: Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie "Zélie" Guérin Martin were two married Roman Catholic French laypeople and the parents of five Roman Catholic nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Carmelite nun who was canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church in 1925. On 18 October 2015, the couple were also canonized as saints, becoming the first spouses in the church's history to be canonized as a couple.
context_section_description: Louis and Zélie were declared "venerable" on 26 March 1994 by Pope John Paul II. They were beatified on 19 October 2008 by José Saraiva Cardinal Martins, the legate of Pope Benedict XVI in the Basilica of Saint Thérèse, Lisieux.
  A few months earlier, the Catholic Church had recognized the miracle  of Pietro Schilirò, an Italian child cured of lung trouble at their intercession. For Louis and Zélie to be canonized, the Church needed to find that God worked a second miracle at their intercession.
caption: Relics of Louis and Marie-Azélie Guérin Martin at Saint Patrick Church (Columbus, Ohio)
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