Maria Raffaella De Giovanna
Genoese founder of the Minim Sisters of Saint Francis of Paola
Who they were
Left as an infant at the foundling wheel of the Pammatone hospital and later reclaimed by her parents, she spent her life nursing the poor and founded the Minim Sisters of Saint Francis of Paola. Santiebeati.it gives her birth as 31 July 1870, a day later than the Hagiography Circle.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The decree on heroic virtues has been promulgated; a miracle would come next.
Why that counted as sanctity
The diocesan inquiry opened at Genoa on 29 September 2012 with the nihil obstat following on 11 December, and Leo XIV authorised the decree on her heroic virtues on 27 April 2026.
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.