Gemma Galgani

✶March 12, 1878

†April 11, 1903

2 candles burning, 5 lit in all

About their life

Gemma Umberta Pia Galgani, also known as Gemma of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church in 1940. She has been called the "daughter of the Passion" because of her profound imitation of the Passion of Christ. She is especially venerated in the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ (Passionists).

Italian saint (1878-1903)

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