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Cecilia Cesarini
Italian Dominican nun
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Feast: 8 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1203
Died
1290
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Bologna, Blessed Cecilia Cesarini, virgin, who received the monastic habit from Saint Dominic, of whose face and spirit she was a most faithful witness.
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 August as a nun at Bologna who received the habit from Saint Dominic.
Connected on this site
- Diana degli Andalò Blessed“Two years later, in 1223 or 1224, she and three other nuns, including Diana degli Andalò and Amata, were sent to Bologna to found a new monastery, St.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q18222737 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cecilia Cesarini (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.