Venerable Chiara Badano
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- Also known as
- Luce Badano
- Profile
- Young lay woman in the diocese of Aqui Terme, Italy.
Daughter of Ruggero Badano, a truck driver, and Maria Teresa Caviglia.
A kind, happy and pious girl, she enjoyed tennis, swimming, hiking, singing, dancing and initially wanted to be a flight attendant.
Member of the Focolare Movement at age nine.
At age 16 she began to feel drawn to religious life; soon afterward was diagnosed with cancer in her shoulder.
Chiara insisted that she could become a missionary, but the cancer spread quickly and she lost the use of her legs.
She finally accepted that she wasn't going anywhere and spent her remaining time praying and being supportive of her family and friends.
- Born
- 29 October 1971 in Savona, Italy
- Died
- 7 October 1990 in Sassello, Savona, Italy of natural causes
- Venerated
- 3 July 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI
- Beatified
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the beatification of Venerable Chiara, contact
Associazione Chiara Badano
c/o Curia Vescovile P.zza Duomo, 9
15011 Acqui Terme, ITALY
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