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Maria Teresa Spinelli

VenerableFull write-up

Born

1 October 1789

verified

Died

22 January 1850

verified

Venerable

10 October 2016

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

10 October 2016 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2016)

Who they were

Maria Teresa Spinelli founded the Congregation of the Augustinian Sisters Servants of Jesus and Mary; she was born on 1 October 1789 and died on 22 January 1850. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 10 October 2016.

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 2016.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2016
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.