Giovanna Scopelli
Italian nun (1439-1491)
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Reggio Emilia, Blessed Giovanna Scopelli, virgin of the Order of Carmelite nuns, who founded a monastery with the offerings of her fellow citizens and through prayer succeeded in obtaining bread in the refectory for her sisters.
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 9 July as a Carmelite who founded a monastery at Reggio Emilia and by prayer obtained bread for her sisters.
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, 9 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4422142 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Giovanna Scopelli (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.