Ana Marija Marović
Italian painter (1815-1887)
Who they were
Ana Marija Marović (pseudonym Filotea; 1815 – 3 October 1887) was a writer and painter in Italy and Montenegro. She also founded a women's congregation and co-founded the Instituto Canal ai Servi, an institution devoted to helping women. A cause for her beatification in the Catholic Church was formally opened on 12 January 1952, and she was declared a Servant of God. Some of her poems were republished in 1963 and 1997.
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The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
- Wikidata Q4750420 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ana Marija Marović (CC BY-SA)
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