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Venerable Elisa Martinez
Venerable Elisa Martinez

Blessed Elisa Martinez

Also known as: Sister Maria Lucia

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

February 8

Born

March 25, 1905

Died

February 8, 1991

Beatified

25 June 2023 by Pope Francis

Venerated

13 October 2021 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Elisa Martinez, also known as Sister Maria Lucia, was born on 25 March 1905 in Galatina, Lecce, Italy. From a young age, Elisa felt a strong calling to religious life, and at the age of 23, she joined the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd in Angers, France. On 29 September 1930, she made her first profession and took the name Sister Maria Lucia. She was then assigned to the Good Shepherd house in Chieti, Italy.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified2023-06-25 by 25 June 2023 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated in the square of the Basilica of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae, Santa Maria de Leuca, Italy, presided by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro
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