Martha de San Bernardo
Filipino nun
Who they were
Martha de San Bernardo, P.C.C., was a 17th-century Colettine Poor Clare who was first Filipino woman to become a Roman Catholic nun; she served on Macao.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- Santi, beati e testimoni - SuorMartha di San Bernardo — Santiebeati.it, the Italian Catholic saints dictionary, carries a full entry: SuorMartha di San Bernardo - Clarissa colettina | Pampanga, Luzon, Indie Orientali Spagnole, (?) – Macao, 1640 (?).
- Wikidata Q6774630 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Martha de San Bernardo (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.