Maria Margherita del Cuore di Gesù Agonizzante nell’Orto del Getsemani
The Vatican record
- 13 December 2021 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2021)
Who they were
Ludovica Banaś, in religion Maria Margherita del Cuore di Gesù Agonizzante nell'Orto del Getsemani, was a professed religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth; she was born at Klecza Dolna, Poland, on 10 April 1896 and died at Nowogródek (today Belarus) on 26 April 1966. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 13 December 2021.
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 2021.
The cause
Maria Margherita del Cuore di Gesù Agonizzante nell’Orto del Getsemani has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Maria Małgorzata Banaś (Ludwika Banaś).
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2021
- 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.