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Germana Sommaruga

Italian laywoman who founded the Missionaries of the Sick 'Christ the Hope'

Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
25 May 1914
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Died
4 October 1995
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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Who they were

She left the novitiate of the Daughters of St Camillus in 1936 to form a community of consecrated laywomen in the spirit of St Camillus de Lellis, the Missionaries of the Sick 'Christ the Hope'.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

The diocesan phase of her cause ran at Verona from 28 June 2011 to 20 October 2014.

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.

Connected on this site

  • Camillus de Lellis Saint
    “She left the novitiate of the Daughters of St Camillus in 1936 to form a community of consecrated laywomen in the spirit of St Camillus de Lellis, the Missionaries of the Sick 'Christ the Hope'.” — this site's research
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