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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 04/11
Tridentine Calendar - 04/11
Patron Of:
Apothecaries, Druggists, Pharmacists, Temptation, Loss of Parents
Profile Daughter of a poor pharmacist; mother died when she was seven, her father when she was eighteen, and she took care of her seven brothers and sisters. Laywoman. Cured in her 20's of spinal tuberculosis by prayer to Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. Rejected by the orders to which she applied who would not believe her cure, she became a Passionist tertiary. Stigmatist, receiving the wounds on her hands and feet each Thursday evening through Friday afternoon starting in June 1899 and continuing into 1901. Visionary; she saw her guardian angel daily, and visits from the devil who tempted her to spit on the cross and break a rosary. Her canonization faced stiff opposition by those who either disbelieved or wished to avoid attention to her visions and stigmata.
Born 12 March 1878 at Borgo Nuovo di Camigliano, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Died 11 April 1903 (Holy Saturday) of tuberculosis
Beatified 1933 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized 2 May 1940 by Pope Pius XII
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All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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