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Maria Pia Brando (Maria Concetta Brando)
Neapolitan nun who founded the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Servant of GodFull write-upItaly
Born
3 June 1851
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Died
27 August 1916
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Brando left the Poor Clares for poor health and went on to found the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart at Mugnano di Napoli.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocesan inquiry into her cause ran in Naples from 27 June 2022 to 27 September 2023.
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.