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Marie de Mandat-Grancey

French Daughter of Charity who bought and preserved the House of the Virgin Mary at Ephesus

Servant of GodFull write-upFrance
Born
13 September 1837
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Died
31 May 1915
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

A Daughter of Charity serving in Smyrna, she funded and secured the site identified in 1891 as the House of the Virgin Mary near Ephesus.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

Her cause was opened on 21 January 2011 in the diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, because the archdiocese of Izmir lacked the staff and resources to run it.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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