Annella Zervas was an American Benedictine nun born in 1900 and deceased in 1926. After entering the religious life at a young age, she served as a music teacher and organist in North Dakota. Her life was marked by a severe and painful struggle with pityriasis rubra pilaris, a skin condition that caused significant physical suffering before her death at age 26. She is currently recognized as a venerable figure in the Catholic Church, with a formal cause for her canonization having been opened to investigate her holiness.