Teresa Rosa Ferdinanda de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa
The Vatican record
- 14 December 2015 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Teresa Rosa Ferdinanda de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa, of the Third Order of St Dominic, founded the Portuguese Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St Catherine of Siena; she was born in Lisbon, Portugal, on 4 September 1837 and died there on 8 January 1916. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 14 December 2015.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised her 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.
Connected on this site
- Catherine of Siena Saint“Teresa Rosa Ferdinanda de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa, of the Third Order of St Dominic, founded the Portuguese Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St Catherine of Siena; she was born in Lisbon, Portugal, on 4 September 1837 and died there on 8 January 1916.” — this site's research
- 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.