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Maria Bonardi
Italian nun (1864 -1945)
VenerableKingdom of Italy
Born
1864
Died
1945
Venerable
25 November 2021
Vatican record
Canonised
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The Vatican record
- 25 November 2021 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2021)
Who they were
Maria Bonardi (born 4 December 1864, in Cuneo – died 25 July 1945, in Vercelli) was an Italian nun and the founder of the Sisters of Santa Maria di Loreto.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
No miracle approved yet
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q1895733 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Bonardi (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.