Elisa Angela Meneguzzi (12 September 1901 - 2 December 1941) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and a member of the Sisters of Saint Francis de Sales.

Elisa Angela Meneguzzi was born on 12 September 1901 in Padua to poor farmers and lived on the farm with her brothers and sisters.

[3] Her childhood was noted for her consideration of the religious life as well as her flair for instructing others in catechism and attending Mass on a frequent basis.

[2][4] She worked at this time at the Santa Croce boarding school as both a housekeeper and sacristan in addition to her post as that of a nurse.

[3] She later became known as "Sister Gudda" (meaning 'Great') for her passionate commitment to the needs of the ill and the poor of the town while working as a nurse at Parini Civil Hospital; the outset of World War II saw her tend to wounded soldiers.

On 3 December 1982 the Congregation for the Causes of Saints validated the previous two processes in what would allow for the so-called "Roman Phase" to commence in which the C.C.S.

On 25 June 1996 she was proclaimed to be Venerable after Pope John Paul II acknowledged the fact that the late religious had lived a model life of heroic virtue.

[5] Main colonial governors: Agenore Frangipani; Guglielmo Nasi; Enrico Cerulli; Pietro Gazzera; Luigi Frusci; Alessandro Pirzio Biroli