Elisabetta Girelli
Italian laywoman of Brescia who with her sister Maddalena refounded the Company of St Ursula
Who they were
With her sister Maddalena, Girelli refounded in 1866 the Company of St Angela Merici in Brescia, now a secular institute.
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
Santi e Beati lists the two sisters among the Venerables and notes the Church recognised the heroicity of their virtues in 1998; the cause was opened in Brescia in 1977.
The cause
Elisabetta Girelli has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Elisabetta Girelli.
Connected on this site
- Angela Merici Saint“With her sister Maddalena, Girelli refounded in 1866 the Company of St Angela Merici in Brescia, now a secular institute.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.