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Maria Carmela Ascione (Maria Luisa of Jesus)
Neapolitan nun who founded the Sisters of Mary Most Holy of Sorrows
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
28 February 1799
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Died
10 January 1875
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Born at Barra near Naples in 1799, she founded a religious congregation of sisters in Naples and died there in 1875.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The informative process on her life was opened in the archdiocese of Naples on 13 May 1947 and she is listed as a Servant of God.
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.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.