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The Venerable Mary Aikenhead (1787-1858)
In 2015, Pope Francis issued a papal decree proclaiming the heroic virtues of Mary Aikenhead, founder of the Religious Sisters of Charity. Not only does that mean she can henceforward be referred to as the Venerable Mary Aikenhead, but the doctor's daughter from Cork is also now only two steps from sainthood.