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Maria Domenica Lazzeri
Italian mystic
Venerable
Born
16 March 1815
Vatican record
Died
4 April 1848
Vatican record
Venerable
23 March 2023
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 23 March 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Maria Domenica Lazzeri (1815–1848) also known as "la Meneghina" was an Italian mystic. She would become the most famous stigmatic of Tyrol. The cause for her beatification was started in 1995.
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 Q6761148 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Domenica Lazzeri (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.