Maria Corsini
Feast: 26 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Maria Corsini married Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi on 25 November 1905; their daughter Stefania, born in 1908, became Sister Cecilia.
A wife and mother, she lived with her husband a deep and joyful communion of faith and charity to others, lighting up family and society with the light of Christ.
The miracles
She was beatified together with her husband. The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A wife and mother who, with her husband, made family life a path to holiness.
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.
Connected on this site
- Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi Blessed Spouse“Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi (12 January 1880 – 9 November 1951) and Maria Corsini (24 June 1884 – 26 August 1965) were two married Italian Catholic laypeople who became the first couple to be beatified together, in 2001.” — Wikipedia
- John Paul II Saint“According to Pope John Paul II, they lived "an ordinary life in an extraordinary way".” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi e Maria Corsini
- Wikidata Q3847211 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Corsini (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.