Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti

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Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast23 March
AttributesReligious habit
Patronage
  • Suore di Santa Dorotea di Cemmo
  • Educators

Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti (9 May 1800 – 23 March 1882) was an

Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Suore di Santa Dorotea di Cemmo - an order dedicated to the educational needs of the poor in Brescia and the surrounding cities.[1] Cocchetti assumed her vows as a religious in 1843 and was close with Luca Passi who established a congregation similar to hers.[2]

Cocchetti received beatification in

Saint Peter's Basilica from Pope John Paul II on 21 April 1991. She remains the patron of her order and of educators in general.[3]

Life

Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti was born in Brescia on 9 May 1800 as the third of six children to Marcantonio Cocchetti and Giulia Albarelli; two siblings were Vincenzo and Giuseppina.[1][3]

She was orphaned at the age of seven - in 1807 - and was taken to live with her grandmother. Her uncle Carlo - from Milan - decided to take both Giuseppina and Vincenzo to live with him while Cocchetti was sent to her grandmother's.

Bishop of Brescia Gabrio Maria Nava.[1] At the age of seventeen - in 1817 - she used her grandmother's home as a school for poor girls. She received her education at Rovato and in 1822 moved her studies to Cemmo Valcamonica.[1] Her grandmother died on 19 April 1823 which prompted her to leave her home and move in with her uncle in Milan.[2] She resided there until 1829.[3] During this time she came into contact with Luca Passi - who was in the process of establishing his own religious congregation - and remained in touch with him until his death in 1866. Cocchetti learned of a school in Brescia devoted to female education and decided to join it; one evening in 1831 she decided not to attend a gala evening with Carlo at the Teatro alla Scala and instead left a letter on his desk and travelled to Cemmo Valmonica.[2][3]

In 1821 Erminia Panzerini (d. 2 May 1842) opened in Brescia a school for girls and entrusted it to the direction of Cocchetti in 1831; it was in 1831 she accepted a teaching position from Panzerini at this school with the encouragement of her spiritual director.

Spiritual Exercises as an appropriate focus for retreats.[2]

On the morning of 18 March 1882 she went to Mass but felt ill after receiving the Eucharist. She was diagnosed with a fever as well as disease ravaging her. She received the Last Rites and the Viaticum not long after this. Cocchetti died on 23 March 1882 and her remains were relocated on 22 January 1951. The order received the papal decree of praise of Pope Pius XI on 20 March 1934 and received the formal papal approval - on 10 May 1941 - of Pope Pius XII. Her congregation now works in numerous nations such as Argentina and Uganda. As of 2005 there were 336 religious in a total of 59 houses.[1]

Beatification

Tomb of Blessed Annunciata Coccheti, St. Dorothy's Chapel, Mother House, Cemmo

The miracle needed for her beatification involved the cure of Bortolina Milesi - aged thirteen - who had severe bowel complications that could have proven fatal had it not been for the intercession of Cocchetti. The process for investigating the miracle took place in 1952 and concluded in 1953.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Blessed Annunciata Asteria Cocchetti". Saints SQPN. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Bl. Annunciata Cocchetti". Catholic Online. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Blessed Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

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