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Detail Of An Antique Italian Holy Card Of Blessed Giustina Bezzoli Francucci Date Artist And Publisher Unknown
Detail Of An Antique Italian Holy Card Of Blessed Giustina Bezzoli Francucci Date Artist And Publisher Unknown

Blessed Giustina Bezzoli Francucci

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

12-Mar

Born

C.1257 in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy

Died

12 March 1319 in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy of natural causes while praying; a white lily grew out of the stone of her tomb; body found incorrupt when moved in 1329; body enshrined in an iron in the Holy Spirit Benedictine monastery in Arezzo; body found incorrupt when moved in 1709; relics enshrined in the Santa Maria del Flore Benedictine monastery in Lapo, Italy in 1968

Beatified

14 January 1891 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Biography

Blessed Giustina Bezzoli Francucci was born into a noble family in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, around the year 1257. From a young age, Giustina showed signs of a deeply spiritual nature and a desire for a life devoted to God. She often engaged in voluntary fasting and sought solitude to engage in fervent prayer.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1891-01-14 by 14 January 1891 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)
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