Colomba Gabriel
Polish religious (1858-1926)
Feast: 24 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Rome, Blessed Colomba (Joanna) Gabriel, abbess, who governed the monastery of Lviv but, unjustly slandered, came to Rome, where she lived in poverty and joy, founding the Congregation of the Benedictine Sisters of Charity and organising the work of social apostolate known as Casa Famiglia, for poor working women or those far from their families.
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 24 September as an abbess of Lviv who, slandered, came to Rome and founded the Benedictine Sisters of Charity.
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, 24 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3683395 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Colomba Gabriel (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.