Marietta Gioia (Maria Gioia)
Italian laywoman of the Marche who kept a spiritual diary
Who they were
Gioia was a laywoman of Casette d'Ete who lost her mother at five and raised her younger brother and sister; her spiritual diary was published after her death.
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 documentation for her cause went to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 1979, the nihil obstat came on 31 July 1981 and the diocesan process opened on 12 December 1981; the decree on her heroic virtues was promulgated on 6 April 1998.
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.