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Saint
Gemma Galgani
Virgin
Born
Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani
12 March 1878
Camigliano, Capannori, Italy
Died
11 April 1903 (aged 25)
Lucca, Italy
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Beatified
14 May 1933 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized
2 May 1940, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII
Major shrine
Passionist Monastery in Lucca, Italy
Feast
11 April (celebrated by Passionists on 16 May)
Attributes
Passionist habit, flowers (lilies and roses), crucifix, stigmata
Patronage
Students, Pharmacists, Paratroopers and Parachutists, loss of parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering with headaches/migraines, those struggling with temptations to impurity and those seeking purity of heart
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