Blessed Mary Assunta
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- Also known as
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Assunta Maria Liberta
Maria Assunta Pallotta
- Memorial
- 7 April
- 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; she received no further 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 on 5 May 1898.
Moved to Florence on 3 January 1902.
On 1 January 1904 she puts in a request to go to China to work at a leper colony.
Her request was approved; she left Naples for China on 19 March 1904, and arrived 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
- 20 August 1878 as Assunta Maria Liberta
- Died
- 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
- Venerated
- 28 February 1932
- Beatified
- 7 November 1954 by Pope Pius XII at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Mary, contact
Francescane Missionarie di Maria
Via Giusti, 12
00185 Roma, ITALY
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