Blessed Giuseppina Nicoli - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Giuseppina Nicoli

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

31-Dec

Born

18 November 1863 in Casatisma, Pavia, Italy

Died

9am on 31 December 1924 in Cagliari, Italy of bronchial pneumonia; her birth family wanted to bury her next to her parents in Casatisma, Italy, but the people of Cagliari begged that she not leave them, and the family agreed; in October 1932 her body was moved to the chapel at the Asilo della Marina, Cagliari

Beatified

3 February 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition celebrated at the Square of the Basilica of Our Lady of Bonaria, Cagliari, Italy, presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins

Venerated

28 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Giuseppina Nicoli was born on 18 November 1863 in Casatisma, Pavia, Italy. She was the fifth child among ten siblings, born into a pious family.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2008-02-03 by 3 February 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition celebrated at the Square of the Basilica of Our Lady of Bonaria, Cagliari, Italy, presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins