Gemma Galgani

Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani, also known as Gemma of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church since 1940. She has been called the... Wikipedia

• Born:  Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani, March 12, 1878, Camigliano, Capannori, Italy
• Age at death:  25 years
• Died:  April 11, 1903, Lucca, Italy
• Beatified:  14 May 1933 by Pope Pius XI
• Canonized:  2 May 1940, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII
• Major shrine:  Passionist Monastery in Lucca, Italy
• Feast:  11 April (celebrated by Passionists on 16 May)
• Attributes:  Passionist habit, flowers (lilies and roses), crucifix, stigmata
• Patronage:  Students, Pharmacists, Paratroopers and Parachutists, loss of parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering with headaches/migraines, those struggling with temptations to impurity and those seeking purity of heart
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo