Giulia Valle
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Feast | 18 December |
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Patronage | Educators |
Giulia Valle (26 June 1847 – 18 December 1916) was an
Valle died of pneumonia in 1916 and was beatified on 25 April 2004.
Life
Giulia Valle was born in
Her mother died when she was four in 1851 and she was sent to live with paternal relatives in Aosta (her grandfather and an unmarried aunt) and then with maternal relations in
Valle felt a strong call to religious life and when her father had begun to arrange a marriage for her it forced her hand. As a result of this she decided once and for all that she would go down the path of a religious and so began her novitiate at the Convent of Santa Margherita in Vercelli on 8 September 1866; her father accompanied her there.[3] Valle obtained her teaching qualification on 29 September 1867 and made her vows at that same time; she received her master's degree in November.[4] She assumed the religious name of "Nemesia" upon her solemn profession on 15 October 1873. After her profession, she was sent to the Institute of Saint Vincent in 1866 at Tortona and taught general studies to children and the French language at the high school level.[1][4] She also worked in the local orphanage and was made the Superior of her house in 1887. As a nun she continued to remind herself: "Concentrate on the one goal: God alone!"[5]
She aided
In the autumn of 1916 her health took a sharp pitfall and declined to the point where on 11 December she contracted severe pneumonia. She died a week later on 18 December 1916 at 9:10 pm; the room filled with a sweet perfume of roses and violets when she died.[2][4] She was buried in the church of the institute in Borgario Torinese.[6]
Beatification
The beatification process commenced with an archdiocesan process in Turin after the
Upon the completion of both processes the postulation compiled the
The miracle needed for her beatification was investigated in its diocese of origin and received full ratification from Rome in 1997 before proceeding to a set of other stages needed for the investigation. The pope himself approved the healing as a miracle on 20 December 2003 and beatified Valle on 25 April 2004.[citation needed]
The current postulator assigned to the cause is Sister Anna Antida Casolino.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Blessed Giulia Valle". Saints SQPN. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Blessed Nemesia Valle: her life". Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeane Antide Thouret. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Giulia Nemesia Valle (1847–1916)". Holy See. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Blessed Nemesia (Giulia) Valle". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Bl. Nemesia Valle". Catholic Online. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Blessed Giulia Nemesia Valle". The Black Cordelias. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2016.