Blessed Assunta Marchetti
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
July 1
Born
August 15, 1871
Died
July 1, 1948
Beatified
25 October 2014 by Pope Francis
Venerated
19 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Assunta Marchetti was born on August 15, 1871, in Lombrici di Camaiore, Lucca, Italy. She was one of eleven children and grew up in a devout Catholic family. From an early age, Assunta displayed a strong inclination towards religious life.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2014-10-25 by 25 October 2014 by Pope Francis; her beatification miracle involved the rapid, instantaneous, and permanent healing of Heraclides Teixeira Filho of “ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrest during the myocardial revascularization, dissection of cornary dx, cardio-surgical intervention of the myocardial revascularization in emergency conditions” in January 1994 at the Hospital Mãe de Deus in Porto Alegre, Brazil; beatification recognition celebrated in São Paulo, Brazil, celebrated by by Cardinal Angelo Amato and Cardinal Odilo Scherer
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