The portrait of new saint Sister Maria BernardaThe portrait of new saint Sister Maria Bernarda , who was named Verena Buetler when she was born in Switzerland in 1848 and who worked as a nun in Ecuador and Colombia . Pope Benedict XVI celebrated the open - air canonization ceremony of four new saints in St . Peter square at the Vatican , 12 October 2008 . The other new saints are : Gaetano Errico , a Neapolitan priest who founded a missionary order in the 19 th century ; Sister Alphonsa , from India and Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran , a 19 th century laywoman from Ecuador who helped the sick and the poor . EPA / MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI < 긴급 속보 SMS 신청 > < 포토 매거진 > < 스포츠 뉴스 는 M - SPORTS >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >