Teresa Maria Manetti
nun (1846-1910)
Feast: 23 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Teresa Manetti was born at Campi Bisenzio, near Florence, on 2 March 1846. Her father died when she was three, and from her strong, faithful mother she learned fortitude in trials, poverty, abandonment to Providence and sacrifice.
As Mother Teresa Maria of the Cross she founded the Carmelites of St Teresa.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A strong, generous woman formed by poverty who founded a Carmelite congregation.
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.
Connected on this site
- Mother Teresa Saint“As Mother Teresa Maria of the Cross she founded the Carmelites of St Teresa.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Teresa Maria della Croce
- Wikidata Q466867 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Teresa Maria Manetti (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.