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Maria Aristea Ceccarelli
VenerableFull write-up
Born
5 November 1883
verified
Died
24 December 1971
verified
Venerable
9 April 2022
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 9 April 2022 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2022)
Who they were
Maria Aristea Ceccarelli was a laywoman, born in Ancona, Italy, on 5 November 1883, who died in Rome on 24 December 1971. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 9 April 2022.
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 2022.
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 2022
- 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.