Maria Gargani

Blessed

Maria Gargani

TOFS
Virgin
Born(1892-12-23)23 December 1892
Morra de Sanctis, Avellino, Kingdom of Italy
Died23 May 1973(1973-05-23) (aged 80)
Naples, Italy
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified2 June 2018, Naples, Italy by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Feast24 May
PatronageSisters Apostles of the Sacred Heart

Maria Gargani, religious name Maria Crocifissa del Divino Amore, (23 December 1892 - 23 May 1973), was an Italian member of the Secular Franciscan Order and the founder of the Sisters Apostles of the Sacred Heart.[1][2] Gargani was involved with Catholic Action during her teaching career but is best known for having been a close friend and correspondent with Pio from Pietrelcina from World War I until the saint's death in 1968; the saint wrote a total of 67 letters to Gargani during this period.[2][3][1]

The cause for her beatification opened in 1988 and she became titled as a Servant of God.[2] Pope Francis named her as venerable in mid-2017 and later approved a miracle attributed to her in 2018 which confirmed she would be beatified.[3][1][4] The beatification took place in Naples in the metropolitan cathedral on 2 June 2018.

  1. ^ a b c "Serva di Dio Maria Crocifissa del Divino Amore". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Fondatrice". Suore Apostole Sacro Cuore. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b Stefano Campanella (27 January 2018). "Maria Gargani presto beata". La Stampa. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ^ Marina Droujinina (11 July 2017). "Italie: Maria Gargani, religieuse, "héroïque"". Zenit. Retrieved 28 January 2018.