Teresa Manganiello (1 January 1849 – 4 November 1876) was an Italian who became a member of the
Secular Franciscan Order. She desired to establish a new religious congregation but died before the idea could come to fruition.
She was beatified in 2010 in
Benevento
Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...
after a miracle was found to have been attributed to her intercession and the cause still continues.
Biography
Teresa Manganiello was born in 1849 to
farmers
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mi ...
in
Montefusco.
She was a drawn to religious life and later became a member of the
Secular Franciscan Order in 1871 as she was drawn to the life of
Francis of Assisi
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianit ...
.
Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...
received her in a private audience in 1873 and blessed her for her mission which was to establish a new religious congregation.
Manganiello died of a sudden illness in late 1876 before she could accomplish this task but her work soon led to the establishment of the Franciscan Immaculate Sisters that Father Ludovico Acernese founded. She is considered to be the spiritual cornerstone of this congregation.
Beatification
The cause for
beatification commenced on 23 April 1991 with the declaration of "
nihil obstat" under
Pope John Paul II which granted her the title of
Servant of God
"Servant of God" is a title used in the Catholic Church to indicate that an individual is on the first step toward possible canonization as a saint.
Terminology
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. The process started on a diocesan level in 1991 with the validation of the process in 1992. The
Positio was submitted to the
Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 1999 which culminated with the declaration of her life of
heroic virtue on 3 July 2009. This allowed
Pope Benedict XVI to declare her
Venerable.
A miracle attributed to her intercession was investigated in 2002 with the validation of that process concluded in 2003. Benedict XVI signed the decree for the miracle on 19 December 2009 which allowed for her beatification. Cardinal
Angelo Amato - on behalf of the pope - beatified her on 22 May 2010.
References
External links
Hagiography CircleSaints SQPNFranciscan Immaculate Sisters
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1849 births
1876 deaths
Italian beatified people
Beatifications by Pope Benedict XVI
19th-century venerated Christians
Venerated Catholics by Pope Benedict XVI