Maria Riccarda del Preziosissimo Sangue Beauchamp Hambrough
The Vatican record
- 27 January 2025 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2025)
Who they were
Maria Riccarda del Preziosissimo Sangue Beauchamp Hambrough was abbess general of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour of St Bridget; she was born in London on 10 September 1887 and died in Rome on 26 June 1966. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 27 January 2025.
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 2025.
The cause
Maria Riccarda del Preziosissimo Sangue Beauchamp Hambrough 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 Riccarda of the Most Precious Blood (Madaleina Catherine Beauchamp Hambrough).
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2025
- 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.