Venerable in 2003. The following year a miracle was declared to have taken place through her intercession, due to which Pope Benedict XVI authorized the process to proceed. Thus, on 15 May 2005, in St. Peter's Square, Nicol was beatified in a ceremony presided over by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins. She was beatified along with another missionary religious sister, Marianne Cope, who worked among the lepers of Molokai, Hawaii. References External links Catholic Forum "Blessed Florentina Nicol Goñi" Agenzia Fides "Mother Ascensión Nicol Goñi" 1868 births 1940 deaths People from Tafalla (comarca) 20th-century Spanish nuns Dominican Sisters Spanish schoolteachers 19th-century Spanish educators Spanish women educators Female Roman Catholic missionaries Spanish Roman Catholic missionaries Founders of Catholic religious communities Burials in Navarre Catholic Church in Peru Beatifications by Pope Benedict XVI Dominican beatified people Spanish beatified people 19th-century venerated Christians 20th-century venerated Christians Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II 19th-century women educators