Global InformationFiorina Cecchin information
Blessed Fiorina Cecchin S.S.G.C. | |
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| Religious | |
| Born | 3 April 1877 Cittadella, Padua, Veneto, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 13 November 1925 (aged 48) in the Red Sea between Egypt and Saudi Arabia |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 5 November 2022, Kinoru Stadium, Meru, Kenya by Cardinal Antoine Kambanda |
| Feast | 13 November |
| Attributes | Religious habit |
| Patronage | Missionaries |
Fiorina Cecchin (3 April 1877 – 13 November 1925) – in religious Maria Carola – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious in the Sisters of Saint Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo.[1][2][3] Ill health prevented an initial entrance into the religious life when she was eighteen before she was accepted into the Cottolengo Sisters in Treviso; it was upon her religious profession that she worked as a cook for her colleagues before she was given permission to join the missions in Africa where she arrived in 1905.[3] Cecchin became a popular figure in the missions due to her care and attentiveness towards the poor and the sick with whom she spent a great deal of time with. She was noted for her zealous activism and the manner in which she educated children in catechism.[2][4]
The beatification process commenced in Turin in 2014 and she became titled as a Servant of God. Cecchin was beatified on 5 November 2022 in Meru after a miracle attributed to her from 2013 received papal approval.[2][4][1]
- ^ a b "Blessed Fiorina Cecchin". Catholic Saints. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Venerabile Serva di Dio Maria Carola Cecchin". Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Biografia di Suor Maria Carola". Sisters of Saint Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Venerabile Maria Carola (Fiorina) Cecchin". Santi e Beati. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.