Maria Franziska of the five wounds of Christ

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Statue of St. Maria Franziska of the five wounds of Christ

Maria Franziska of the five wounds of Christ (born Anna Maria Gallo ) (born March 25, 1715 in Naples ; † October 6, 1791 there ) was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi and a mystic . She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church .

Life

Anna Maria Gallo came from a middle-class family. At 16 she joined that was in their neighborhood as "La Santarella" (the little saint) announced against the bitter resistance of her father, who wanted to force her into marriage and work in the own retail store, in the Third Order of Alcantariner a . This branch of reform of the Franciscan religious family started from Petrus von Alcantara and existed until 1897. On September 8, 1731, she took the vows and took the religious name Maria Franziska of the five wounds of Christ (Italian: Maria Francesca delle Cinque Piaghe ).

The saint became known for her mystical experiences, prophecies and visions , but above all for patiently enduring many physical ailments and emotional temptations. She also received the stigmata and is said to have endured the pains of the Passion of Christ every Friday and throughout Lent . She spent the last 38 years of her life with a sister in a priest's apartment.

Sr. Maria Franziska died on October 6th, 1791 and was buried in the church of Santa Lucia Vergine al Monte . On October 6 in 2001 was non-wester body into the sanctuary of her consecrated church Sta. Maria Francesca delle Cinque Piaghe in the Spanish quarter of Naples.

Maria Franziska of the five wounds of Christ was born on November 12th, 1843 by Pope Gregory XVI. beatified and on June 29, 1867 by Pope Pius IX. canonized . Her feast day is October 6th . She is the patron saint of Naples and is called by women in cases of infertility and before giving birth.

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SURNAME Maria Franziska of the five wounds of Christ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Religious, saint
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1715
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1791
Place of death Naples