Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata
Beatified Italian nun
Feast: 15 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Genoa, Blessed Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata, who, left a widow, founded the Order of the Annunciation.
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 15 December as a widow of Genoa who founded the Order of the Annunciation.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 15 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1773411 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.