Pauline von Mallinckrodt
German nun (1817–1881)
Feast: 30 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Pauline von Mallinckrodt was born at Minden, Germany, on 3 June 1817 to a devout Catholic mother and a Protestant father, and as a girl began caring for children, the old, the sick and the poor with friends.
She founded the Sisters of Christian Charity, Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception, for the education of poor and blind children and the care of the sick. Her faith, she said, was so clear 'that I would have believed it more than my own eyes'. She died on 30 April 1881.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A foundress of strong faith who served blind and poor children.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Pauline von Mallinckrodt
- Wikidata Q65702 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pauline Mallinckrodt (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.