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Orsola Donati
VenerableFull write-up
Born
22 October 1849
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Died
8 April 1935
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Venerable
19 June 2021
Vatican record
Canonised
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The Vatican record
- 19 June 2021 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2021)
Who they were
Orsola Donati was a professed religious of the Congregation of the Minim Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows; she was born at Anzola dell'Emilia, Italy, on 22 October 1849 and died at San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy, on 8 April 1935. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 19 June 2021.
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 2021.
The cause
Orsola Donati has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Postulation for the cause of Orsola Donati.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2021
- 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.