Servant of God Sister Annella Zervas: Difference between revisions

'''Servant of God Sister Annella Zervas''' (religious name '''Mary Annella'''; born Anna Cordelia Zervas; April 7, 1900 – August 14, 1926) was an American Benedictine nun whose life of patient suffering and joyful fidelity has inspired devotion in Minnesota and beyond.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annella_Zervas |title=Annella Zervas |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-12-27}}</ref> Born in Moorhead, Minnesota, to devout Catholic parents, she entered the Benedictine Sisters of Saint Benedict's Monastery in St. Joseph at age 15, professing vows in 1919 and 1922. A talented musician, she taught music until stricken with pityriasis rubra pilaris in 1923, enduring three years of excruciating illness with remarkable peace before dying at age 26.

The cause for her beatification and canonization opened on October 9, 2025, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston, Minnesota, declaring her a Servant of God—the first cause from the Diocese of Crookston.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sisterannella.org/the-cause-for-the-canonization-of-servant-of-god-annella-zervas-begins/ |title=The Cause for the Canonization of the Servant of God Annella Zervas Begins |publisher=Sister Annella Guild |access-date=2025-12-27}}</ref> No authenticated miracles are recorded as of late 2025, though numerous reported favors—including healings and conversions—have been attributed to her intercession. No feast day exists.