Maria Cecilia Baij
Benedictine abbess and mystic of Montefiascone
Who they were
She was a Benedictine nun of the monastery of San Pietro in Montefiascone, abbess for nineteen years, and one of the best-known Italian mystics of the eighteenth century, author of the 'Vita interiore di Gesu Cristo'.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Diocese of Viterbo opened the diocesan inquiry into the Servant of God Maria Cecilia Baij on 29 January 2022 at Montefiascone, under Bishop Lino Fumagalli; the diocesan phase closed on 22 September 2024.
The cause
Maria Cecilia Baij is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Maria Cecilia Baij.
- Serva di Dio Maria Cecilia Baij - Santi e Beati
- Maria Cecilia Baij - Beatificazione, Monastero San Pietro Montefiascone
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.