Maria Crocifissa di Rosa
Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII | |
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Canonized | 12 June 1954, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII |
Feast | 15 December |
Attributes | Religious habit |
Patronage | Ancelle della carità |
Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa (6 November 1813 – 15 December 1855) - born as Paola Francesca Di Rosa - was an
Her beatification was celebrated in mid-1940 and Pope Pius XII (who beatified her) canonized her over a decade later on 12 June 1954.[2]
Life
Paola Francesca Di Rosa was born on 6 November 1813 in
Di Rosa was educated by the
Brescia suffered from a
Di Rosa died at a hospital in Brescia on 15 December 1855 after suffering from a prolonged illness.[3]
Sainthood
The canonization process commenced under Pope Pius X on 10 December 1913 and she became titled as a Servant of God. The confirmation of her life of heroic virtue allowed for Pope Pius XI to declare her Venerable on 10 July 1932 while the papal confirmation of two miracles attributed to her on 25 February 1940 enabled Pope Pius XII to preside over her beatification on 26 May 1940.[3][6]
The cause for her canonization was opened on 7 January 1951.
References
- ^ Time (magazine), 21 June 1954
- ^ a b c d "St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa - Saints & Angels". Catholic Online. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Saint Mary di Rosa". Saints SQPN. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "St. Maria Crocifissa di Rosa". Pilgrim Center of Hope. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Saint Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa ", The Newman Connection
- ^ a b Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum (in Latin). Typis polyglottis vaticanis. January 1953. p. 156.
Other sources
- LE ANCELLE DELLA CARITÀ DI BRESCIA: Per la Beatificazione della loro Madre Fondatrice Maria Crocifissa di-Rosa nel I° Centenario della Congregazione 1840–1940.
- FOSSATI, LUIGI: Beata Maria Crocifissa Di-Rosa [Di Rosa] - Fondatrice delle Ancelle della Carità in Brescia 1940.