Cecilia Cesarini
Italian Dominican nun
Feast: 8 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Bologna, Blessed Cecilia Cesarini, virgin, who received the monastic habit from Saint Dominic, of whose face and spirit she was a most faithful witness.
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 4 August as a nun at Bologna who received the habit from Saint Dominic.
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
- Diana degli Andalò Blessed“Two years later, in 1223 or 1224, she and three other nuns, including Diana degli Andalò and Amata, were sent to Bologna to found a new monastery, St.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 4 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q18222737 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cecilia Cesarini (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.