Alexia González-Barros González, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
About Alexia González-Barros González
- Alexia González-Barros González (7 March 1971 - 5 December 1985) was a Spanish Roman Catholic child.
- González-Barros studied in school in Madrid and in her childhood received a papal blessing from Pope John Paul II during her trip to Rome.
- But in late 1984 she began feeling pains in her arm and back that led to a diagnosis two months later as being a malignant tumor in the vertebral column transforming into spinal cancer.
- Her siblings and friends remembered her for her piousness and her dedication to practicing holiness in all aspects of life.In 2008 a controversial film was released depicting her life and death; the director maintains that it was a fictional tale that did not depict González-Barros even though it was dedicated to her and drew on some aspects of her life.
- Her siblings and Opus Dei railed against the film for its perceived slander and inaccuracies that were "unjust".Her beatification process launched in 1991 and she became titled as a Servant of God.
- Pope Francis later declared her to be Venerable in mid-2017 after confirming that the child had lived a life of heroic virtue to a favorable degree.
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