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Maria Teresa Camera
VenerableFull write-up
Born
8 October 1818
verified
Died
24 March 1894
verified
Venerable
19 March 2019
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 19 March 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)
Who they were
Maria Teresa Camera founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of Pity; she was born at Ovada, Italy, on 8 October 1818 and died there on 24 March 1894. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 19 March 2019.
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 2019.
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.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2019
- 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.