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Gemma Galgani
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Italian saint (1878-1903)
Key facts
- Born
- Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani, ( 1878-03-12 ) 12 March 1878, Camigliano, Capannori , Italy
- Died
- 11 April 1903 (1903-04-11) (aged 25), Lucca , Italy
- Venerated in
- 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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gemma
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Capannori
- Place of death
- Lucca
- Occupation
- religious sister
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- La seraphique Gemma Galgani (HS85-10-31647).jpg
- Religious order
- Passionists
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- Commons category
- Gemma Galgani
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1878-03-12
- date of death
- 1903-04-11
- feast day
- April 13
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Gemma Galgani
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Encyclopedic overview
Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani (12 March 1878 – 11 April 1903), also known as Gemma of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church in 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).
Early life
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