Maria Novella Ravaglia in Scardovi (Novella Scardovi)
Italian laywoman and mother, cofounder of the San Giuseppe e Santa Rita welcome house
Who they were
A wife and mother of three from Castel Bolognese, she worked in drug rehabilitation and cofounded the Famiglie per l'Accoglienza association and, in 1990, the San Giuseppe e Santa Rita association, whose welcome house opened two months before she died in a road accident.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Bishop Giovanni Mosciatti of Imola published the episcopal edict opening the cause of canonisation of the Serva di Dio Maria Novella Ravaglia in Scardovi on 9 May 2026, at the request of the postulator Francesca Amedea Consolini and after the Dicastery's clearance.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.