Blandine Merten
German Roman Catholic nun (1883–1918)
Feast: 18 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Mergentheim in Germany, Blessed Blandine (Maria Magdalena) Merten, virgin of the Order of Saint Ursula, who joined to the contemplative life a commitment to the human and Christian formation of girls and adolescents.
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 18 May as an Ursuline sister who joined contemplative life to the formation of girls and adolescents.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 18 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q78381 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Blandine Merten (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.