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Catherine of Racconigi
Italian member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic
BlessedResearchedThird Order of Saint Dominic
Feast: 4 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1487
Died
1574
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Caramagna in Piedmont, Blessed Catherine Mattei, virgin, a sister of the Penance of Saint Dominic, who bore with wonderful charity and an abundance of virtue constant illness, the slanders of men and every temptation.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 4 September as a Dominican tertiary who bore illness, slander and temptation with wonderful charity.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q466543 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Catherine of Racconigi (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.