Philippa Mareri
beatified Italian nun
Feast: 16 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Borgo San Pietro in Abruzzo, Blessed Philippa Mareri, virgin, who, rejecting the riches and pomp of the world, embraced within a property of her family the pattern of life of Saint Clare, recently introduced.
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 16 February as a virgin who left worldly riches to follow Saint Clare's way of life on her family's property.
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, 16 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1243266 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Philippa Mareri (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.