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Antonietta Zanelli (Mother Maria)
Italian co-founder of the Little Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
17 June 1887
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Died
15 December 1957
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
With the priest Giuseppe Mazzanti she founded the Little Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus at Imola on 2 November 1923.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Her cause was opened in the diocese of Imola in 2016.
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
- Giuseppe Mazzanti Servant of God“With the priest Giuseppe Mazzanti she founded the Little Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus at Imola on 2 November 1923.” — this site's research
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.