Saint Euphrasia Eluvathingal, (born Rosa Eluvathingal; 17 October 1877 – 29 August 1952), was an Indian Carmelite nun of the Syro-Malabar Church, which is an Eastern Catholic Church in Kerala. Euphrasia is said to have had a vision of the Holy Family, at which point the illness she had long felt ceased. She was canonized as a saint by Pope Francis on 23 November 2014 in Vatican City. Since the beheading of St. John the Baptist is celebrated on August 29, the feast of St. Euphrasia is postponed to August 30. On 3 April 2014, Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decrees concerning the miracle attributed to Euphrasia’s intercession. This confirmed the Pope’s approval of Euphrasia’s canonization. At a special mass held at St Peter’s Square at Vatican City on 23 November 2014, Pope Francis canonized Euphrasia as a saint. Mother Sancta, Mother General of Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC), carried the relics of Euphrasia to the altar.