 But her time in the convent was cut short due to her contracting an aggressive disease that killed her - she knew she would die but was consoled knowing she would be able to make her profession before she died.Her canonization process opened on 23 April 1976 under Pope Paul VI and she became titled as a Servant of God.The confirmation of her life of heroic virtue on 22 March 1986 allowed for her to be titled as Venerable.