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Claudia Russo

Neapolitan founder of the Poor Daughters of the Visitation

VenerableFull write-upItaly
Born
18 November 1889
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Died
11 March 1964
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Venerable
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date not on record
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

Russo organised care for the elderly poor of Barra, opening the Pia Casa in 1926 and founding the Poor Daughters of the Visitation of Mary.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The decree on heroic virtues has been promulgated; a miracle would come next.

Why that counted as sanctity

Her cause was opened at Naples in 1982 and she was declared Venerable on 20 December 2012.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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