Maria Maddalena Martinengo
Italian Roman Catholic nun (1687-1737)
Feast: 27 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Brescia, Blessed Maria Maddalena Martinengo, abbess of the Order of Capuchin Poor Clares, famed for her fasts.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 27 July as a Capuchin Poor Clare abbess at Brescia famed for her fasts.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 27 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3847404 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Maddalena Martinengo (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.