Maria Margherita Diomira del Verbo Incarnato
The Vatican record
- 19 January 2023 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2023)
Who they were
Maria Allegri, in religion Maria Margherita Diomira del Verbo Incarnato, was a professed religious of the Congregation of the Stabilite nella Carità del Buon Pastore; she was born at Firenzuola, Italy, on 26 April 1651 and died in Florence on 17 December 1677. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 19 January 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.