Blandina Segale (Rosa Maria Segale)
Italian-born Sister of Charity who opened schools and hospitals in the American Southwest
Who they were
Born in Liguria and raised in Cincinnati, Sister Blandina Segale of the Sisters of Charity worked in New Mexico and Colorado, founding schools and hospitals and defending immigrants and Native Americans.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The archdiocese of Santa Fe received the nihil obstat in 2014 and opened the diocesan inquiry on 25 August 2015.
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.