Elena of Montenegro
queen consort of Italy (1900-1946) and Servant of God; mother of Umberto II of Italy
Who they were
Elena of Montenegro (Serbian: Јелена Петровић Његош / Jelena Petrović Njegoš; 8 January 1873 – 28 November 1952) was Queen of Italy from 29 July 1900 until 9 May 1946 as the wife of King Victor Emmanuel III. As Victor Emmanuel's wife, she briefly claimed the titles Empress of Ethiopia and Queen of the Albanians; both titles were dropped when her husband formally renounced them in 1943. Elena was the daughter of King Nicholas I and Queen Milena of Montenegro. With the opening of her beatification process in 2001, she was titled Servant of God.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Nicholas I Saint“Elena was the daughter of King Nicholas I and Queen Milena of Montenegro.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q181530 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Elena of Montenegro (CC BY-SA)
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