Sofronia Erdely (Serafina Erdely)
Greek-Catholic Basilian nun who founded the Basilian Sisters in Argentina
Who they were
Born in what was then Yugoslavia, she was a nun of the Order of St Basil the Great of the Greek-Catholic rite who came to Argentina as a missionary and founded the Basilian Sisters there, living in extreme poverty and remembered by the sisters for her constant prayer and gentleness.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Radio María Argentina calls her a Servant of God and gives her death as 14 October 1962 in Buenos Aires, where the Hagiography Circle has 1961. Her cause received the nihil obstat on 20 November 1989 and is run by the eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires.
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.