Ottavia Carlotta Ricci (Mother Chiara Ricci)
Italian religious sister who founded the Franciscan Angeline Sisters at Castelspina
Who they were
Born in Savona, she entered the Franciscan Sisters of the Monte in Genoa in 1861 and in 1884 founded the Franciscan Angeline Sisters at Castelspina near Alessandria. The congregation gives her death as 1 October 1900; the Hagiography Circle record says 30 September, so the congregation's date is used here.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Franciscan Angeline Sisters run a vice-postulation for her beatification cause from their generalate in Rome and ask that favours obtained through her intercession be reported to it.
The cause
Ottavia Carlotta Ricci (Mother Chiara Ricci) is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Ottavia Carlotta Ricci (Mother Chiara Ricci).
- Madre Chiara Ricci — Suore Francescane Angeline
- La preghiera — vice-postulation for the beatification cause of Madre Chiara Ricci
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.