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Maria Benedetta Giuseppa Frey
VenerableFull write-up
Born
6 March 1836
verified
Died
10 May 1913
verified
Venerable
30 September 2015
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 30 September 2015 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Ersilia Penelope Frey, in religion Maria Benedetta Giuseppa, was a professed nun of the Cistercian Order; she was born in Rome on 6 March 1836 and died in Viterbo, Italy, on 10 May 1913. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 30 September 2015.
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 2015.
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 2015
- 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.