Agostina of Jesus (Ida Cassi)
Florentine nun who founded the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Who they were
Born in Florence, she entered the Sisters of the Patronage of St Joseph in Rome as Sister Agostina, and after recovering from cerebro-spinal meningitis founded the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to educate children in difficulty.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocesan inquiry was held in the diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina, closing on 17 March 2000, following the nihil obstat of 18 November 1993.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.