Alphonsa Muttathupadathu of Bharanaganam is the first
Indian woman to be canonized to full sainthood.
She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1986 and was
officially declared a saint on October 12, 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI.
Forty years after her death, on February 8, 1986
Pope John Paul II had beatified her at Kottayam.
On June 1, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI authorised her canonization.
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