Bruna Pellesi
Italian Roman Catholic nun (1917-1972)
Feast: 1 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Bruna Pellesi was born on 11 November 1917 at Prignano sulla Secchia, Italy, the last of nine children, a girl of good humour, sweetness and joy.
She gave her heart instead to Christ as Sister Maria Rosa of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Christ, and much of her religious life was marked by suffering.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A joyful young woman who gave her heart to Christ and accepted a life of suffering with him.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Maria Rosa Pellesi
- Wikidata Q953282 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bruna Pellesi (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.