Louise of Savoy
nun
Feast: 24 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Orbe in Savoy, Blessed Louise, religious, who, daughter of Blessed Duke Amadeus, married Hugh, prince of Châlon, and at his death embraced in humility and faithfulness the rule of Saint Clare according to the reform of Saint Colette.
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 24 July as a daughter of Duke Amadeus who, widowed, became a Poor Clare of the Colettine reform at Orbe.
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
- Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy Blessed Parent, Father
- Roman Martyrology, 24 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q450894 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Louise of Savoy (nun) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.