Ana Marija Marović

Who was Ana Marija Marović?

Servant of God sister Ana Marija Marović, was an Italian nun.

Her parents, Josip Marović and Marija Ivanović, were members of a Serbo-Montenegrin colony of Boka Kotorska in Venice. From her early childhood onwards Ana Marija Marović expressed a notable talent for writing and painting. She wrote her first verses at the age of twenty under the pseudonym ’Filotea’. Apart from her literary ability, there is also evidence of her talents in the domain of painting. Unfortunately, only a few of her drawings have been saved.

From 1838 Ana Marija Marović dedicated herself to religious life. Together with Canon Daniele Canale she founded the charitable institution l’Instituto Canal ai Servi in Cannaregio. Moreover, Ana Marija Marović founded the religious order Sisters of Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary Immaculate. She died in Venice in 1887.

The process for her beatification is in progress and promulgation of the decree on her heroic virtues was announced in 2007.