María del Pilar Cimadevilla López-Dóriga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish Servant of God
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Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
About María del Pilar Cimadevilla López-Dóriga
- Venerable María del Pilar Cimadevilla López-Dóriga, called Pilina, (February 17, 1952 - March 6, 1962) was a Spanish girl who is being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church.
- The Congregation for the Causes of Saints declared her "heroic virtues" on April 19, 2004.
- A certified miracle is required for her to be beatified and a second certified miracle would be required for her to be canonized as a saint.
- She is currently known as a Servant of God. She was born in Madrid February 17, 1952 to Colonel Amaro Cimadevilla and María del Rosario López-Dóriga and was noted for her piety, docility of spirit, and her intelligence.
- At the age of nine, she developed Hodgkin's lymphoma and was treated at a hospital staffed by nuns devoted to the Missionaries of the Sick.
- Pilina was inspired to offer up her own suffering in hope of helping others who were ill.
- Her illness caused her spirit and her faith to mature rapidly.
- She died in her mother's arms on March 6, 1962.
- After her death, her supporters began to promote her cause for sainthood.
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