Benvenuta Boiani
Virgin of the Penance of Saint Dominic
Who they were
The Roman Martyrology remembers her at Cividale del Friuli as a virgin and a sister of the Penance of Saint Dominic, who gave herself wholly to prayer and to a life of mortification.
She was beatified on 6 February 1765 by Pope Clement XIII.
The miracles
The source does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
She gave herself wholly to prayer and to a life of mortification at Cividale del Friuli.
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 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.