Gaetana Sterni
Italian beatified nun (1827-1889)
Feast: 26 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Bassano near Vicenza, Blessed Gaetana Sterni, religious, who, widowed while still young, gave herself entirely to the service of the poor and founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Will for the care of the poor and the sick.
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 26 November as a young widow who founded the Sisters of the Divine Will to care for the poor and sick.
The cause
Gaetana Sterni has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Postulation for the cause of Blessed Gaetana Sterni.
- Roman Martyrology, 26 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q433691 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gaetana Sterni (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.