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Mattia Ciccarelli
Italian nun
SaintResearchedAugustinian nunsPre-congregation
Feast: 18 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1480
Died
1543
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At L'Aquila, Blessed Cristina (Mattia) Ciccarelli, virgin of the Order of Saint Augustine.
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 18 January as an Augustinian virgin at L'Aquila.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q23770634 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mattia Ciccarelli (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.