Maria Fortunata Viti
Beatified Italian nun (1827–1922)
Feast: 20 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Anna Felicia Viti was born at Veroli on 10 February 1827, daughter of a landowner given to drink and gambling. Her mother died when she was fourteen and she took on the care of her eight brothers and sisters, even going into service to support them.
As a Benedictine nun she spent almost her whole life in charge of the linen room, rising at half past three for long, humble tasks done so well they became masterpieces, seasoned with prayer even in complete spiritual dryness.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Benedictine who made holiness out of the hidden, humble work of the linen room.
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 Fortunata Viti
- Wikidata Q3847275 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Fortunata Viti (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.