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May 8, 2008
St. Thérèse's Parents' Remains to
Be Moved
 LISIEUX,
France, MAY 8, 2008 (Zenit.org).- As the process for the
beatification of the parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux gets
closer, the bodies of Louis and Zélie Martin are being exhumed
and moved into the crypt of the
basilica dedicated to their daughter.Louis (1823-1894) and Zelie (1831-1877) Martin are the parents of St. Thérèse, who was proclaimed a doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II in 1997. Married in 1858, the Martins had nine children. Four died in infancy and five entered the religious life. The recovery of a newborn in the Italian city of Monza, currently under investigation by the Congregation for the Saints' Causes, has been attributed to the Martins as a miraculous cure after the infant's family prayed for their intercession. In March 1994, John Paul II proclaimed the Martin spouses venerable. They might soon be the second married couple to be beatified simultaneously. Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi were beatified in October 2001. |