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Blessed Mary Fontanella
Blessed Mary Fontanella

Blessed Mary Fontanella

Also known as: Mary of the Angels; Maria degli Angeli; Maria Fontanella of the Angels

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

16-Dec

Born

7 January 1661 at Balderino, Italy

Died

16 December 1717 at Turin, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

14 May 1865 by Pope Pius IX

Biography

Blessed Mary Fontanella, also known as Mary of the Angels, Maria degli Angeli, and Maria Fontanella of the Angels, was born on 7 January 1661 in Balderino, Italy. She was born into nobility as one of the eleven children of Count Fontenella of Santena.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1865-05-14 by 14 May 1865 by Pope Pius IX

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