Elisabetta Renzi
Italian Roman Catholic religious sister and blessed (1786-1859)
Feast: 14 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Coriano in Romagna, Blessed Elisabetta Renzi, virgin, who, foundress of the Maestre Pie of the Sorrowful Virgin, strove with all her strength so that poor girls might receive a human and catechetical formation in schools.
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 14 August as the foundress of the Maestre Pie of the Sorrowful Virgin who worked for the schooling of poor girls.
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, 14 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3821466 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Elisabetta Renzi (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.