Maria Francesca Foresti
The Vatican record
- 8 November 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Eleonora Foresti, in religion Maria Francesca, founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Adorer Sisters; she was born in Bologna, Italy, on 17 February 1898 and died at Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy, on 12 November 1953. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 8 November 2023.
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 2023.
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 - decrees published in 2023
- 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.