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Stephana de Quinzanis
Italian beatified
BlessedResearchedDominican Order
Feast: 2 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1457
Died
1530
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Soncino in Lombardy, Blessed Stephana de Quinzanis, virgin, sister of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, who devoted herself assiduously to contemplating the Lord's passion and to the Christian formation of girls.
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 2 January as a Dominican tertiary at Soncino devoted to the Passion and to teaching girls.
Connected on this site
- Matthew Carrieri Blessed“Matthew Carreri, (Italian: Matteo Carreri; ca 1420 – 5 October 1470) was a Dominican friar noted for the "austerity of his life." He was the spiritual instructor of Stephana de Quinzanis, and like her, an alleged stigmatic.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 2 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q508550 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Stephana de Quinzanis (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.