Celestina Bottego
American missionary (1895-1980)
The Vatican record
- 31 October 2013 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2013)
Who they were
Celestina Bottego, MS (20 December 1895 – 20 August 1980) was an American-born Italian Catholic nun who established the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary, a group of missionaries. She was proclaimed venerable in 2013.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
Celestina Bottego has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Xaverian Missionary Sisters: their founder Celestina Bottego.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q2943912 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Celestina Bottego (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.