Gemma Galgani | |
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Virgin | |
Born | Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani 12 March 1878 Camigliano, Capannori, Italy |
Died | 11 April 1903 Lucca, Italy | (aged 25)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 14 May 1933 by Pope Pius XI |
Canonized | 2 May 1940, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII |
Major shrine | Passionist Monastery in Lucca, Italy |
Feast | 11 April (celebrated by Passionists on 16 May) |
Attributes | Passionist habit, flowers (lilies and roses), crucifix, stigmata |
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[1] |
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.[2] She is especially venerated in the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus (Passionists).