Detail Of An Italian Holy Card Of Blessed Gertrude Prosperi Date And Artist Unknown

Blessed Gertrude Prosperi

Also known as: Sister Maria Luisa Angelica

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

13-Sep

Born

19 August 1799 in Fogliano di Cascia, Perugia, Italy; baptized on the same day at the parish church of San Hippolytus in Fogliano di Cascia

Died

13 September 1847 in Trevi, Perugia, Italy of natural causes; buried in the church of Santa Lucia in Trevi

Beatified

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

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