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Marie-Catherine Troiani
Italian Roman Catholic nun (1813-1887)
SaintResearchedKingdom of ItalyThird Order of Saint FrancisPost-1588
Feast: 6 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1813
Died
1887
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Cairo in Egypt, Blessed Marie-Catherine Troiani, virgin of the Third Order of Saint Francis, who, sent from Italy to Egypt, founded there the new family of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 6 May as a Franciscan sent from Italy to Egypt who founded the Franciscan Missionary Sisters there.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1164641 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Caterina Troiani (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.