Maria Assunta Pallotta
Italian nun (1878-1905)
Feast: 7 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At a place called Dongerkou in China, Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta, virgin of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, who, assigned to humble tasks, lived in simplicity and hiddenness for the kingdom of Christ.
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 7 April as a Franciscan Missionary of Mary who lived in simplicity and hiddenness in humble tasks.
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, 7 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2546932 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Assunta Pallotta (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.