Venerable Elisa Martinez

Blessed Elisa Martinez

Also known as: Sister Maria Lucia

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

8-Feb

Born

25 March 1905 in Galatina, Lecce, Italy

Died

8 February 1991 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

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

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