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Joanna z Balneo

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Feast: 16 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
1050
Died
1105
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

At Bagno di Romagna, Saint Joanna, virgin, who, received into the Camaldolese Order, shone to the highest degree in obedience and humility.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 16 January as a Camaldolese virgin at Bagno di Romagna who shone in obedience and humility.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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