Maria Giuseppina di Gesù Crocifisso
Carmelite Order nun, blessed in 2008
Feast: 26 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Giuseppina Catanea was born in Naples on 18 February 1894 into a noble family, the Marquises Grimaldi. Called 'Pinella', as a child she showed great love for the poor, giving them money and caring for two lonely old women.
She became a Discalced Carmelite as Sister Maria Giuseppina of Jesus Crucified.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A noble girl whose love for the poor led her to the Carmel.
The cause
Maria Giuseppina di Gesù Crocifisso has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Discalced Carmelites of Naples: Blessed Maria Giuseppina of Jesus Crucified.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Maria Giuseppina di Gesù Crocifisso
- Wikidata Q4217151 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Giuseppina Catanea (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.