Blessed Maria Pierina De Micheli | |
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Born | Milan, Italy | 11 September 1890
Died | 26 July 1945 Centonara, Italy | (aged 54)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 30 May 2010, Rome by Archbishop Angelo Amato |
Feast | 26 July |
Maria Pierina De Micheli (11 September 1890 – 26 July 1945) was a Roman Catholic religious sister who was born near Milan in Italy. She is best known for her association with devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and for introducing a medal bearing an image from the Shroud of Turin as part of this devotion. She was beatified on Sunday 30 May 2010 at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.