Anna Cordelia Zervas (Sister Mary Annella)
American Benedictine nun of Minnesota who bore a painful skin disease
Who they were
She died at 26 of a disfiguring skin disease and is remembered for her devotion to the Eucharist and her acceptance of suffering.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Bishop Andrew Cozzens opened the canonization cause of Servant of God Sr Annella Zervas OSB at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston, Minnesota in October 2025, after receiving the nihil obstat from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; it is the first cause ever opened in that diocese.
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.
Connected on this site
- Annella Zervas Saint“Bishop Andrew Cozzens opened the canonization cause of Servant of God Sr Annella Zervas OSB at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston, Minnesota in October 2025, after receiving the nihil obstat from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; it is the first cause ever opened in that diocese.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.