Oblates of the Holy Spirit (O.S.S.)

Institute of Saint Zita

Also known as: Hermanas Oblatas del Espíritu Santo (Instituto de Santa Zita) (español) / Oblates du Saint-Esprit (Institut Sainte-Zita) (français) / Suore oblate dello Spirito Santo (Istituto di Santa Zita) (Italiano) / Institutum Oblatarum Spiritus Sancti (latine)

Type: Centralized Religious Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right (for Women)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

History

1882.11.04: Established as Oblates of the Holy Spirit (Institute of Saint Zita) (English) / Hermanas Oblatas del Espíritu Santo (Instituto de Santa Zita) (español) / Oblates du Saint-Esprit (Institut Sainte-Zita) (français) / Suore oblate dello Spirito Santo (Istituto di Santa Zita) (Italiano) / Institutum Oblatarum Spiritus Sancti (latine) / O.S.S. (from Archdiocese of Lucca)

Contact Info

Address: Via Silvestro I, 24, 00167 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.66.38.793

Superiors

Superior General:

Sr. Maria Laura Quattrini, O.S.S. (? – ...)

Founder

Founder:

Saint Sr. Elena Guerra, O.S.S. (1882.11.04)

Saints (1)

1914: Saint Elena Guerra, religious

Blesseds (13)

1794: Blessed Iphigénie de Saint-Mathieu (Marie-Gabrielle-Françoise-Suzanne de Gaillard de Lavaldène), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Pélagie de Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Rosalie-Clotilde Bes), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Théotiste du Saint-Sacrement (Marie-Elisabeth Pélissier), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Saint-Martin (Marie-Clotilde Blanc), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Rose de Saint-Xavier (Madeleine-Thérèse Talieu), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Marthe du Bon-Ange (Marie Cluse), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Madeleine de la Mère de Dieu (Élisabeth Verchière), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Marie-de-l’Annonciation (Thérèse-Henriette Faurie), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Saint-Alexis (Anne-Andrée Minutte), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Aimée-de-Jésus (Marguerite-Rose de Gordon), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Marie-de-Jésus de la Conception du Saint-Sacrement (Marguerite-Thérèse Charensol), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Saint-Joachim (Marie-Anne Béguin-Royal), religious and martyr

1794: Blessed Saint-Augustine (Marie-Marguerite Bonnet), religious and martyr

Statistics (2016.12.31)

Houses: 36

Members: 216

Last updated on 2026.02.24

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