 The same pontiff presided over her beatification on 18 May 1952 after he approved two healings deemed to be miracles wrought from her direct intercession.The third miracle - and the one required for her to be proclaimed a saint - was investigated in Huelva in 1974 and once completed was ratified on 15 November 1974.The miracle received papal approval on 13 November 1976 and allowed for Pope Paul VI to canonize her as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 23 January 1977.