![[Blessed Mary Assunta]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintm5j.jpg "Blessed Mary Assunta")
Also known as
- Assunta Maria Liberta
- Maria Assunta Pallotta
Profile
Daughter of Luigi Pallotta and Eufrasia Casali. Baptized on 21 August 1878. She grew up in Castello di Croce, Marches of Ancona, Italy. Confirmed on 7 July 1880. In 1884 she briefly attended school, learning to read and write, but she received no further formal education. On 2 March 1897 she suddenly received an understanding of her call to religious life. Made her first vows with the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in Rome, Italy on 5 May 1898. Moved to Florence, Italy on 3 January 1902. On 1 January 1904 she put in a request to go to China to work at a leper colony; her request was approved and she left Naples, Italy for China on 19 March 1904, arriving in Tong-Eul-Keou on 18 June 1904. She served several months as a cook in the orphanage there. In early April 1905 a wave of deadly typhus ran through the house. When one of her sisters appeared about to die, Sister Mary Assunta asked that she be taken instead; her prayer was granted.
Born
- 7 April 1905 at Tong-Eul-Keou, China of typhus
- upon her death, a mysterious perfume filled the house for three days
- body found intact on 23 April 1913, but the burial robes were disintegrating
- thirty men carried the coffin 28 miles to its current resting place at Tai Yan-Fou, China
- 28 February 1932 by Pope Pius XI (decree of heroic virtues)
- if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Mary, contact
Fra Giovangiuseppe Califano, OFM
Francescane Missionarie di Maria
Via Giusti, 12
00185 Roma, ITALY
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Hagiography Circle
- Kirken i Norge
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Mary Assunta”. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 April 2010. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-mary-assunta/>