Saint Gemma Galgani (Stigmatist, Mystic, Visionary, Victim Soul, Saint of Passionists Order)

Feast Day

• April 11

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Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani (12 March 1878 – 11 April 1903), also known as Gemma of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church since 1940. She has been called the "daughter of the Passion" because of her profound imitation of the Passion of Christ. She is especially venerated in the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus (Passionists). 

Born

• March 12, 1878,  Camigliano, Capannori, Italy

Died

• April 11 1903 (age 25 years old), Lucca, Italy

Miraculous Cure

• Friday, March 3, 1899 -1st Friday of the month (Sacred Heart devotion)

Received Stigmata

• June 8, 1899 -Vigil of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Beautified

• May 14, 1933 by Pope Pius XI

Canonized

• 2 May 1940, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII

Patronage

• Students, Pharmacists, Paratroopers and Parachutists, loss of parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering with headaches/migraines, those struggling with temptations to impurity and those seeking purity of heart

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