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Saint Maria Mazzarello
Saint Maria Mazzarello

Saint Maria Mazzarello

Also known as: Mary Dominic Mazzarello

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

May 14

Born

May 9, 1837

Died

May 14, 1881

Canonized

24 June 1951 by Pope Pius XII

Beatified

20 November 1938 by Pope Pius XI

Venerated

3 May 1936 by Pope Pius XI (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Saint Maria Mazzarello was born to Giuseppe and Maddalena Mazzarello, the eldest of ten children in a mountain farm family. Seven children survived infancy, and Maria learned responsibility as a big sister. She worked as a field laborer and joined the Pious Union of

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