Saint Maria Mazzarello
Also known as: Mary Dominic Mazzarello
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
14-May
Born
9 May 1837 at Mornese, Acqui, Italy
Died
14 May 1881 in Nizza Monferrato, Asti Italy of natural causes
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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