Edvige Carboni
Italian Mystic (1880-1952)
Feast: 4 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
The Vatican record
- 4 May 2017 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2017)
- 7 November 2018 — Miracle through their intercession approved (decree list, 2018)
Who they were
Edvige Carboni was born at Pozzomaggiore, Sassari, on 2 May 1880 into a family of real faith with four other children. She worked as an embroiderer to keep her brothers at their studies.
A laywoman and Franciscan tertiary, a mystic of inland Sardinia, she set aside her own deep vocation to be wholly at her family's service, meditating morning and evening on the Passion.
The miracles
Her remains were moved to the church of St George the Martyr in Pozzomaggiore for her beatification. The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A laywoman who gave up her own plans to serve her family, and met Christ in his Passion.
The cause
Edvige Carboni has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Official site of the cause of Blessed Edvige Carboni.
Connected on this site
- Gemma Galgani Saint“She recorded an extensive spiritual journal in which she recorded appearances from Jesus Christ as well as saints such as Gemma Galgani and John Bosco.” — Wikipedia
- John Bosco Saint“She recorded an extensive spiritual journal in which she recorded appearances from Jesus Christ as well as saints such as Gemma Galgani and John Bosco.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Edvige Carboni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q24203282 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Edvige Carboni (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.