Teresa Merlo
abbess of Daughter of St. Paul
The Vatican record
- 20 June 2025 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2025)
Who they were
Maria Teresa Merlo (20 February 1894 — 5 February 1964), religious name Tecla, was an Italian religious sister and the co-founder of the Daughters of Saint Paul that she established alongside Giacomo Alberione. Merlo was an indefatigable writer and traveller as she penned articles for her order and made visits across the world to communities that were established in nations such as the United States of America and Australia.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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 — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q9357333 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Teresa Merlo (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.