Blessed Maria Luigia Velotti
Also known as
- Maria Luigia of the Blessed Sacrament
- Mariella (childhood nickname)
Profile
Born to Francesco Velotti and Teresa Napoletano, Maria was baptised on the day she was born, but was orphaned before the age of three. She was raised by an aunt named Caterina who was virulently opposed to Maria’s piety and call to religious life. Maria became a Franciscan tertiary, taking the name Maria Luigia of the Blessed Sacrament. With Eletta Albini, she founded the Franciscan Sisters Adorers of the Holy Cross.
Born
- 16 November 1826 in Soccavo, Naples, Italy
- at 9am on 3 September 1886 at the Franciscan Sisters Adorers of the Holy Cross at Via Nuova Padre Ludovico 28, Casoria, Naples, Italy of natural causes after a long and debilitating illness
- buried in the local cemetery in Casoria
- re-interred in a chapel at the mother-house of the Franciscan Sisters Adorers of the Holy Cross in Casoria on 26 December 1926
- 21 January 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)
- 26 September 2020 by Pope Francis
- beatification recognition celebrated in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Naples, Italy, with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe as chief celebrant
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Maria Luigia Velotti“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 January 2021. Web. 23 June 2021. <>