Maria Crocifissa Satellico
Italian Roman Catholic nun
Feast: 8 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Elisabetta Maria Satellico was born in Venice on 9 January 1706 and was brought up in the house of her maternal uncle, a priest who oversaw her education. She was drawn early to prayer and to the Poor Clares.
As Sister Maria Crocifissa she became abbess, outstanding in contemplation of the mystery of the Cross and full of mystical gifts.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Poor Clare abbess absorbed in the mystery of the Cross.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Maria Crocifissa Satellico
- Wikidata Q11768974 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Elisabetta Maria Satellico (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.