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Giovanna Meneghini

VenerableFull write-up

Born

23 May 1868

verified

Died

2 March 1918

verified

Venerable

4 May 2017

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

4 May 2017 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2017)

Who they were

Giovanna Meneghini founded the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary; she was born on 23 May 1868 and died on 2 March 1918. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 4 May 2017.

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 2017.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2017
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.