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Antoni Gaudi, a Spanish architect who designed Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

Antoni GaudiThe Vatican announced on Monday that it was the designer of Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia Basilica.

Gaudi, nicknamed “God’s Architect“It is recognized by Pope Francis’ “virtue of bravery” due to his amazing work designed for the unfinished Sagrada Familia and authorized a decree to declare him “reputation”.

This recognition comes before the victory and the next step after that.

Three categories of people retained the measurement: martyrs, those who live heroic values ​​and those who have a distinct reputation as a saint.

The candidates must also be credited to them after their death in the name of miracles, and at this time they can move towards becoming saints.

Catholicism began in 2003, with the visionary and devout Catalan architect Vet Gaudi who died in 1926.

Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) Catalan architect c. 1882

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Twenty years later, in 2023, Cardinal Juan Jose Omella, the Archbishop of Barcelona, ​​commissioned a group of religious beliefs and imposed laymen on his cause.

Born in 1852, Gaudi is a prolific architect whose unique style is characterized by the freedom of form, color and texture. He works almost entirely in Barcelona. Seven properties built by Gaudi, including Parque Güell, Palacio Güell and Sagrada Familia, are named on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Gaudi is a devout Catholic who believes that the architecture of the church is his way of making corrections to the sins and God of the modern world,”Reported for 60 minutes. The construction of the cathedral is expected to be Completed in 2026more than a century later.

Construction end of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

View of La Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, ​​Spain on January 28, 2025.

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Sagrada Familia was dedicated in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, paving the way for its use as a place of worship.

At that time, Benedict praised “the genius of Antoni Gaudi….. (who) was inspired by the passion of the Christian faith and successfully transformed the church into a praise for the stone-formed God.”

The signing of the decree is the first official appointment since the 88-year-old Francis, who was discharged from the hospital on March 23 after he was struggling with life-threatening pneumonia.

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March 2020, Parque Guell in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

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