Maria Teresa Casini
Italian nun (1864-1937)
Feast: 29 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
The Vatican record
- 22 January 2015 — Miracle through their intercession approved (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Teresa Casini was born in Frascati, near Rome, on 27 October 1864. Her father died when she was ten, and she moved with her mother to Grottaferrata. She founded the Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to pray for priests and support them in their ministry, and from 1900 opened schools and the 'Little Friends of Jesus' to educate young people and foster vocations. She died on 3 April 1937.
The miracles
A miracle through her intercession was approved by decree on 22 January 2015, and she was beatified in Frascati Cathedral on 31 October 2015. The sources checked do not describe the healing. One more approved miracle is needed for canonisation.
Why that counted as sanctity
Beatification followed on 31 October 2015 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, for Pope Francis.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography of Blessed Maria Teresa Casini
- Order of Friars Minor - the beatification of Maria Teresa Casini
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q19663574 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Teresa Casini (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.