Gertrude Prosperi
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Gertrude Prosperi (19 August 1799 - 13 September 1847) was an
Prosperi recounted that she experienced a series of angelic visions in which she witnessed the Passion of
Her cause for sainthood commenced prior to the onslaught of World War I and was cut short due to the conflict but was revitalized decades later and culminated when Pope Benedict XVI approved a miracle needed for her to be beatified; Cardinal Angelo Amato - on the pope's behalf - presided over the beatification in Perugia on 10 November 2012.
Life
Gertrude Prosperi was born on 19 August 1799 in Perugia to Dominic Prosperi and Maria Diomedi.[2] She was baptized right after she was born in the parish church of Saint Hippolytus. She had a stable Christian upbringing and Prosperi became inspired in the Christian example that a maternal aunt possessed.[3]
Prosperi felt called to the religious life after a period of deep contemplation and in order to fulfill her desire she entered the
Prosperi had an intense devotion to the
During her life she said that she received a vision of
Her health took on a rapid downfall in 1847 and grew worse during
Beatification
The process for beatification commenced in the
Another process was held in the same diocese to continue the work of the first process before a diocesan tribunal that spanned from 23 October 1991 until its closure less than a couple of months later on 13 December 1991. At this point the
The two processes that had been held before then received formal ratification from Rome on 27 January 1995 and would allow for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to begin its own line of investigation in what would be the so-called "Roman Phase". The postulation compiled the Positio - documenting biographical details and her use of the virtues - and submitted it to Rome for further evaluation in two parts in 1998 and in 2000. In the interregnum between depositing the Positio a historical commission had to meet to see if there were obstacles to the progression of the cause. After meeting on 26 October 1999 the historians agreed the cause had no impediments and could thus proceed.
On 1 July 2010 she was declared to be
The miracle needed for her beatification - the curing of a woman from
Her beatification was celebrated in Perugia on 10 November 2012 - Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the liturgical celebration on the behalf of the pontiff. The postulator assigned to the cause is Andrea Ambrosi.