Maria Repetto

Maria Repetto (1 November 1807 – 5 January 1890) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Sisters of Our Lady of Refuge in Mount Calvary. Repetto was an ardent devotee of Saint Joseph and promoted devotion to him while distributing medals and images of him to those who visited the convent she was at; she also distinguished herself as an able carer for cholera victims on two occasions of epidemic.

Repetto's cause for sainthood was introduced under Pope Pius XII on 11 March 1949 (she therefore was titled as a Servant of God) and Pope Paul VI named her as Venerable in 1968 after confirming her heroic virtue. Pope John Paul II beatified her in Saint Peter's Square on 4 October 1981.

Life Maria Repetto was born on 1 November 1807 in Voltaggio as the first of eleven children to Giovanni Battista Repetto and Teresa Gazzale; three sisters became nuns and one brother became a priest and one sister was Josephine. The informative process was validated on 19 January 1958.

An antepreparatory committee approved the cause on 28 February 1961 as did a preparatory one on 8 March 1966 and the general committee on 22 May 1967. Pope Paul VI named her as Venerable on 4 July 1968 after confirming that she had lived a life of heroic virtue. The cognitional process for a miracle spanned from 1951 to 1953 and was validated on 17 January 1958. A medical approved it on 25 September 1968 as did the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and their consultants on 8 January 1980 before Pope John Paul II approved it on 30 March 1981. John Paul II beatified Repetto on 4 October 1981 at Saint Peter's Square.