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Maria Joanna Laselva (Maria de Lourdes of Saint Rose)
Italian-born Conceptionist nun in Brazil
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
26 October 1910
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Died
19 November 1974
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Born at Polignano a Mare and taken to Brazil as an infant, she entered the Monastery of Light in São Paulo in 1931.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Her diocesan inquiry ran from 12 March 2009 to 15 May 2011 and was declared valid on 17 May 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.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.