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Blessed Teresa Maria Mastena

Also known as: Maria Pia Mastena; Mother Maria Pia; Sister Passitea of the Child Jesus

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

28-Jun

Born

7 December 1881 in Bovolone, Verona, Italy as Teresa Maria Mastena

Died

During the evening of 28 June 1951 in Rome, Italy of a heart attack while working to start a new house of the Institute; interred in the chapel of the Institute convent in San Fior, Italy

Beatified

13 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy

Venerated

5 July 2002 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Teresa Maria Mastena, also known as Maria Pia Mastena, was born on 7 December 1881 in Bovolone, Verona, Italy. She was the eldest of five children of Giulio Mastena, a grocer, and Maria Antonia Casarotti, an elementary school teacher. Blessed Teresa Maria was raised in a devout Catholic family, with one of her brothers becoming a priest and another attempting to follow the same path. Her sister also became a tertiary, demonstrating the strong religious influence within the family.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2005-11-13 by 13 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy