Blessed Gertrude Prosperi
Also known as: Sister Maria Luisa Angelica
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
September 13
Born
August 19, 1799
Died
September 13, 1847
Beatified
12 November 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
Venerated
1 July 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Gertrude Prosperi, also known as Sister Maria Luisa Angelica, was born on 19 August 1799 in Fogliano di Cascia, Perugia, Italy. She came from a wealthy and pious family, being the daughter of Dominic and Maria Diomedi. Baptized on the same day at the parish church of San Hippolytus in Fogliano di Cascia, she grew up with a deep faith that would greatly impact her life.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2012-11-12 by 12 November 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI; beatification recognition celebrated at the cathedral of Spoleto, Italy; her beatification miracle involves the February 1989 healing of a Carla Arcangeli in Perugia, Italy who was in a coma with extensive brain injury due to a cerebral arterial hemorrhage
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