Zita of Bourbon-Parma
Empress of Austria from 1916 to 1918
Who they were
Zita of Bourbon-Parma (Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese; 9 May 1892 – 14 March 1989) was the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, in addition to other titles. She ascended to these titles when her husband, Charles I, became the last monarch of Austria-Hungary. She was declared Servant of God by Pope Benedict XVI.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
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.
Connected on this site
- Charles I of Austria Blessed Spouse“In 1911, he married Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma.” — Wikipedia
- Santi, beati e testimoni - Serva di DioZita di Borbone-Parma — Santiebeati.it, the Italian Catholic saints dictionary, carries a full entry: Serva di DioZita di Borbone-Parma - Imperatrice d’Austra e Regina d’Ungheria | Capezzano Pianore, Camaiore, Lucca, 9 maggio 1892 – Zizers, Svi
- Wikidata Q50926 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Zita of Bourbon-Parma (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.