Anna Maria Rubatto
Anna Maria Rubatto (14 February 1844, Carmagnola – 6 August 1904, Montevideo) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who assumed the name Maria Francesca of Jesus.
She was the founder of the Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto. Most of her work was done in Uruguay where she died at the age of 59 in 1904.
Pope John Paul II beatified her on 10 October 1993 and she is considered the first Uruguayan person to be beatified. Pope Francis confirmed her canonization after approving a miracle attributed to her in early 2020; her canonization was celebrated on 15 May 2022.
Patron saint of Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto
In the Martyrology
- August 6 Saint Maria Francesca di Gesù Rubatto, virgin and founder of Capuchin Sisters of Loano