Marianna Fontanella


Marianna Fontanella

Religious
Born(1661-01-07)7 January 1661
Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died16 December 1717(1717-12-16) (aged 56)
Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified14 May 1865, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius IX
Feast16 December
Attributes

Marianna Fontanella, OCD (7 January 1661 – 16 December 1717), also known as Maria degli Angeli or Mary of the Angels, was an Italian Catholic member of the Discalced Carmelites.[1] Fontanella studied with the Cistercians as a child and entered the Discalced Carmelites despite the protests of her mother and siblings. She soon became a noted abbess and prioress and in 1703 inaugurated a new convent of which she herself oversaw the establishment.[2][3]

Her beatification cause commenced under Pope Innocent XIII in 1722 and she was titled as Venerable in 1778 under Pope Pius VI. She was beatified in 1865 by Pope Pius IX.

  1. ^ "Blessed Mary Fontanella". Saints SQPN. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Saint Mary of the Angels". Loyola Press. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Blessed Maria degli Angeli (Marianna Fontanella)". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

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