Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti
Italian nun and founder (1800–1882)
Feast: 23 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the village of Cemmo in Lombardy, Blessed Annunciata Cocchetti, virgin, who governed with wisdom, fortitude and humility the recently founded Institute of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy.
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 23 March as a virgin who governed the newly founded Institute of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy with wisdom, fortitude and humility.
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.
Connected on this site
- Luca Passi Blessed“Cocchetti made her vows in 1843 and was close with Luca Passi who established a congregation similar to hers.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 23 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3618169 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.