Hélène Marie de Chappotin de Neuville
Catholic Religious Sister, missionary, and foundress (1839–1904)
Feast: 15 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Sanremo in Liguria, Blessed Mary of the Passion (Hélène Marie de Chappotin de Neuville), virgin, who, deeply captivated by the simplicity of Saint Francis, founded the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary and always took great care to defend the condition of women in mission lands.
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 15 November as the founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, who defended the condition of women in mission lands.
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, 15 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2531035 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mary of the Passion (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.