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Luigia Sinapi
VenerableFull write-up
Born
8 September 1916
verified
Died
17 April 1978
verified
Venerable
27 January 2025
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 27 January 2025 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2025)
Who they were
Luigia Sinapi was a laywoman, born at Itri, Italy, on 8 September 1916, who died in Rome on 17 April 1978. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 27 January 2025.
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 2025.
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.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2025
- 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.