Maria Schininà
nun (1844-1910)
Feast: 11 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Ragusa, Blessed Maria Schininà, virgin, who chose to live in humility and simplicity, devoting herself to the care of the sick, the abandoned and the poor, and instituted the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to bring help in every kind of misery.
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 11 June as the founder of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus who cared for the sick, abandoned and poor.
The cause
Maria Schininà has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Ragusa: Blessed Maria Schinina.
Connected on this site
- Rosaria Di Pasquale (Nazarena of the Crucified) Servant of God“She entered the Institute of the Sacred Heart at Ragusa in 1903 and followed the work of Blessed Maria Schininà.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 11 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q539503 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Schininà (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.