Florenza Giovanna Profilio

Life

Founder of the Institute of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Lipari, she was admired for her uncommon piety and zeal in the apostolate. Her entire life had as its goal charity toward God, confirmed by her deep spirit of piety, especially eucharistic, by unceasing prayer, and by meditation on the mysteries of the Incarnation and the Passion of Christ.

Translated from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.

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