Giovanna della Croce
The Vatican record
- 18 March 2015 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Giovanna Vázquez Gutiérrez, in religion Giovanna della Croce (Juana de la Cruz), was a professed nun of the Third Order of St Francis and abbess of the convent of Santa María de la Cruz at Cubas, near Madrid; she was born at Villa de Azaña (today Numancia de la Sagra, Spain) on 3 May 1481 and died at Cubas de la Sagra on 3 May 1534. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 18 March 2015.
The Dicastery's biography says she made her religious profession on 3 May 1497 and was elected abbess in 1509, at only twenty-seven.
The miracles
She was beatified by confirmation of long-standing veneration, without an approved miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised her heroic virtue in 2015.
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
- Juana de la Cruz Blessed“Giovanna Vázquez Gutiérrez, in religion Giovanna della Croce (Juana de la Cruz), was a professed nun of the Third Order of St Francis and abbess of the convent of Santa María de la Cruz at Cubas, near Madrid; she was born at Villa de Azaña (today Numancia de la Sagra, Spain) on 3 May 1481 and died at Cubas de la…” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Giovanna della Croce
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 25 November 2024
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2015
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - Giovanna della Croce
- 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.