Blessed Maria Fortunata Viti
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- Also known as
- Anna Felicia Viti
- Memorial
- 20 November
- Profile
- Daughter of Luigi Viti, a gambler and heavy drinker, and Anna Bono, who died when Anna was fourteen.
Raised her eight siblings after her mother's death, often working as a domestic servant to support them.
Joined the Benedictines at the San Maria de’Franconi monastery in Veroli, Italy on 21 March 1851 at age 24, taking the name Sister Maria Fortunata.
She was over 70 years in the Order, her days spent spinning, sewing, washing, mending - and praying the whole time.
Sister Maria never learned to read or write, and never held any position in her house, but she had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and whole generations of nuns and local lay people learned from her quiet, humble, happy, prayerful example.
- Born
- 10 February 1827 in Veroli, Frosinone, Italy as Anna Felicia Viti
- Died
- 20 November 1922 in Veroli, Frosinone, Italy of natural causes; interred in a mass grave at her house; miracles reported at her grave site
- Venerated
- 8 April 1964 by Pope Paul VI
- Beatified
- 8 October 1967 by Pope Paul VI
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Maria, contact
Monastero S. Maria de’Franconi
P.zza de’Franconi 3
03029 Veroli (FR), ITALY
- Patronage
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against poverty
against temptations
impoverishment
insanity
loss of parents
mental illness
mentally ill people
poverty
- Additional Information
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Kirken i Norge - norwegian
Santi e Beati [italian]
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