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Annella Zervas
Benedictine Nun
SaintUnited StatesBenedictinesPost-1588
Born
1900
Died
1926
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Mary Annella Zervas, O.S.B. (born Anna Cordelia Zervas; April 7, 1900 – August 14, 1926) was an American Catholic religious sister who joined the Benedictines and died at 26 after a three-year battle with pityriasis rubra pilaris. Until the 1960s, Zervas's grave in St. Joseph, Minnesota, was considered a place of Christian pilgrimage, and it became one again around 2008.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Anna Cordelia Zervas (Sister Mary Annella) Servant of God“Bishop Andrew Cozzens opened the canonization cause of Servant of God Sr Annella Zervas OSB at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston, Minnesota in October 2025, after receiving the nihil obstat from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; it is the first cause ever opened in that diocese.” — this site's research
Sources
- Santi e Beati — Serva di Dio Annella Zervas — santiebeati.it lists her as 'Serva di Dio Annella Zervas, Benedettina, Moorhead, Stati Uniti d'America, 7 aprile 1900 - 14 agosto 1926' — a Servant of God of the Catholic Church, cause opened in the diocese of Crookston.
- Wikidata Q4768979 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Annella Zervas (CC BY-SA)
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