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Elena da Persico
VenerableFull write-up
Born
17 July 1869
verified
Died
28 June 1948
verified
Venerable
8 July 2014
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 8 July 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)
Who they were
Elena da Persico founded the secular institute of the Daughters of the Queen of the Apostles; she was born at Affi, Italy, on 17 July 1869 and died there on 28 June 1948. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 8 July 2014.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised her heroic virtue in 2014.
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.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2014
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Not yet in Wikidata. Name as the Vatican spells it.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.