Blessed Alfonsa Clerici - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Alfonsa Clerici

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

14-Jan

Born

14 February 1860 in Lainate, Milan, Italy

Died

13:30 on 14 January 1930 in Vercelli, Italy of a cerebral haemorrhage suffered on the night of 12 to 13 January 1930 while at prayer; buried in Vercelli; in 1965 she was re-interred in the cemetery chapel of the College of the Sisters of the Precious Blood in Monza, Italy

Beatified

23 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI; beatification recognition celebrated in the Piazza of San Eusebio, Diocese of Vercelli, Italy with Archbishop Angelo Amato as chief celebrant; the beatification miracle involved the healing of a nearly-fatal heart condition of Mr Nedo Frosini following the prayers of his wife, Carla Demi Frosini, for the intervention of Blessed Alfonsa

Venerated

22 June 2004 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Alfonsa Clerici, born on 14 February 1860 in Lainate, Milan, Italy, was the eldest of ten children born to Angelo and Maria Romano Clerici. She came from a poor, but deeply religious family. Two of her brothers became monks, and one of her sisters joined the Sisters of the Precious Blood.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2010-10-23 by 23 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI; beatification recognition celebrated in the Piazza of San Eusebio, Diocese of Vercelli, Italy with Archbishop Angelo Amato as chief celebrant; the beatification miracle involved the healing of a nearly-fatal heart condition of Mr Nedo Frosini following the prayers of his wife, Carla Demi Frosini, for the intervention of Blessed Alfonsa