Francesca dello Spirito Santo
The Vatican record
- 5 July 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)
Who they were
Francisca de Fuentes was born at Intramuros, in the Philippines, in 1647 and took the religious name Frances of the Holy Spirit.
She founded the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St Catherine of Siena, and died at Manila on 24 August 1711. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 5 July 2019. She is not the French foundress of the same religious name.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Filipino foundress of the Dominican Sisters of St Catherine of Siena.
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.
Connected on this site
- Catherine of Siena Saint“She founded the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St Catherine of Siena, and died at Manila on 24 August 1711.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees promulgated 5 July 2019
- 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.