Mary Magdalen Bentivoglio
Italian-born first Poor Clare abbess in the USA
Who they were
Mary Magdalen Bentivoglio, OSC (Italian: Maria Magdalena Bentivoglio, 29 July 1834 – 18 August 1905) was an Italian Poor Clare. She was sent to the United States to found the first convent of the order in the country. She eventually established three of them before her death. Her beatification process has been opened and she has been granted the title of Venerable.
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The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 1940 - list of causes before the Sacred Congregation of Rites — Listed as '9. Maria Maddalena Bentivoglio, monaca professa del Second'Ordine di San Francesco', among the causes then introduced.
- Wikidata Q6780229 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mary Magdalen Bentivoglio (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.