Simpliciano della Natività
The Vatican record
- 16 July 2015 — Decree of the Dicastery (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Aniello Francesco Saverio Maresca, in religion Simpliciano della Natività, was a professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor and founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts; he was born at Meta di Sorrento, Italy, on 11 May 1827 and died in Rome on 25 May 1898. Pope Francis recognised his heroic virtue on 16 July 2015.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised his heroic virtue in 2015.
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 - decrees published in 2015
- 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.