Maria Luisa Prosperi
Italian Benedictine (1799–1847)
Feast: 12 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Gertrude Prosperi was born at Fogliano, near Cascia, on 19 August 1799. She entered the Benedictine monastery of Santa Lucia at Trevi on 4 May 1820.
Elected abbess on 1 October 1837, she strengthened the observance of the rule, cared for her sisters' spiritual life and restored the monastery, which flourished under her until her death in 1847.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Benedictine abbess and mystic who renewed her monastery.
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
- Benedict of Nursia Saint“She was well known among her peers for strict observance to the Rule of Saint Benedict of Nursia and for her ardent devotion to both the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Eucharist.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Maria Luisa Prosperi
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 10 November 2012
- Wikidata Q3847388 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gertrude Prosperi (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.