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Maria Benedetta Arias

VenerableFull write-up

Born

3 April 1822

verified

Died

25 September 1894

verified

Venerable

27 January 2014

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

27 January 2014 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2014)

Who they were

Maria Benedetta Arias founded the Sisters Servants of Jesus in the Sacrament; she was born at La Carlota near Río Cuarto (Córdoba, Argentina) on 3 April 1822 and died in Buenos Aires on 25 September 1894. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 27 January 2014.

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 2014.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2014
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.