Detail Of An Antique Holy Card Of Blessed Gemma Of Goriano Date And Artist Unknown

Beata Gemma de Goriano

También conocido como: Gemma of Gordianum; Emma of…; The Virgin of Goriano Sicoli

Beato

Post-Congregation

Día de Fiesta

13 May; 11 – 13 May (pilgrimage from San Sebastiano dei Marsi to Goriano Sicoli, Italy); 12 May on some calendars

Nacimiento

C.1375 in San Sebastiano dei Marsi, Bisegna, Abruzzo, Italy

Fallecimiento

13 May 1439 in Goriano Sicoli, Italy of natural causes; miracles reported at her grave; body found incorrupt when exhumed; re-interred under the high altar of the church of San Giovanni in Goriano Sicoli; re-interred in a new church dedicated to her in 1613; re-interred in a new church dedicated to her in 1818; during World War II, a soldier began storing ammunition in the church; a young woman appeared and told him “Go away, this is my house.”; he went away; later in the war the front line, and all the fighting that went with it, was about to run through Goriano Sicoli; the villagers prayed for the intervention of Sante Gemma; six foot of snow fell, and the armies avoided the town

Beatificado

1890 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Biografía

Beata Gemma de Goriano, también conocida como Gemma de Gordianum o Emma de Goriano, nació alrededor del año 1375 en San Sebastiano dei Marsi, Bisegna, Abruzzo, Italia. Nació en una familia pobre pero devota de labradores. Buscando mejores oportunidades, Gemma y su familia se trasladaron al pueblo de Goriano Sicoli, en la diócesis de Sulmona, Italia.