No likeness on file
Vincenza Cusmano
VenerableFull write-up
Born
6 January 1826
verified
Died
2 February 1894
verified
Venerable
4 May 2017
Vatican record
Canonised
—
not yet
The Vatican record
- 4 May 2017 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2017)
Who they were
Vincenza Cusmano was the first superior general of the Congregation of the Poor Servants (Serve dei Poveri); she was born on 6 January 1826 and died on 2 February 1894. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 4 May 2017.
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 2017.
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.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2017
- 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.