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Osanna of Cattaro
Serbian Dominican visionary and anchoress from Montenegro (1493-1565)
Feast: 27 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Kotor in Montenegro, Blessed Catherine, virgin, who, baptised in the Orthodox Church, entered the Order of Penance of Saint Dominic, taking the name Osanna; she lived enclosed for fifty-one years, immersed in divine contemplation and devoted to prayer of intercession for the Christian people during the Turkish invasion.
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 27 April as a Dominican tertiary who lived enclosed at Kotor for fifty-one years, praying for the Christian people during the Turkish invasion.
- Roman Martyrology, 27 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2629566 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Osanna of Cattaro (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.