Thatipatri Gnanamma (1819–1874) was a Roman Catholic lay woman who founded the congregation of Sisters of St. Anne of Madras and Sisters of St. Anne Phirangipuram.

[1][2][3] Gnanamma was born in 1819 in Phirangipuram, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India to a Telugu Kamma family.

Two young women, Arulamma and Agathamma, joined her in her social work in 1871.

Gnanamma talked with the parish priest about forming a congregation of nuns and sent young women to train under the Sisters of the Congregation of the Good Shepherd, Bellary.

[1][2][3] Gnanamma died at Kilacheri on 21 December 1874 after suffering from chronic asthma.