Maddalena Carini
Italian woman cured at Lourdes who founded the Ave Maria Family
Who they were
Her cure at Lourdes on 15 August 1948 was the first of an Italian woman to be officially recognised by the Church, and she went on to found the work known as the Ave Maria Family.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Her cause was opened in the diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo on 4 September 2013.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.