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Blessed Anna Rosa Gattorno
Blessed Anna Rosa Gattorno

Blessed Anna Rosa Gattorno

Also known as: Rose Maria Benedetta

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

6-May

Born

14 October 1831 at Genoa, Italy as Rose Maria Benedetta

Died

9am on 6 May 1900 at Rome, Italy of influenza

Beatified

9 April 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

21 December 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Biography

Blessed Anna Rosa Gattorno, also known as Rose Maria Benedetta, was born on 14 October 1831 in Genoa, Italy. She was one of six children born into the pious and affluent family of Francesco Benedetta and Adelaide Campanella Benedetta. Anna Rosa was baptized the day after her birth and confirmed at the age of 12. She received her education at home and had a deep understanding of the political and anti-clerical debates of her time.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified2000-04-09 by 9 April 2000 by Pope John Paul II
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