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Blessed Gaetana Tolomeo | |
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| Born | 10 April 1936 Catanzaro Sala, Catanzaro, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 24 January 1997 (aged 60) Catanzaro Sala, Catanzaro, Italy |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 3 October 2021, Basilica di Maria Santissima Immacolata, Catanzaro, Italy by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro |
| Feast | 19 April |
Gaetana Tolomeo (10 April 1936 - 24 January 1997) - also known as Nuccia - was an Italian Roman Catholic.[1][2] Tolomeo went through her entire life either confined to her bed or in a chair due to a progressive paralysis that rendered her disabled (she had suffered from this since her childhood to which no doctor could help alleviate).[3] Throughout her life she gained a reputation for her piousness and the messages of the Gospel she sought to spread to others while a guest on a local radio station from 1994 until her death. Her time on the radio station marked her interest in reaching out for the conversion of sinners with an emphasis on reaching out to prostitutes or families in need.[2]
Her beatification process opened just over a decade following her death and she became titled as a Servant of God; it was a decade following that in which Pope Francis titled her as Venerable upon confirming her life of heroic virtue.[2][1][3] The Pope later confirmed her beatification in 2020 upon the confirmation of a miracle attributed to her intercession; Tolomeo was beatified in Catanzaro on 3 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Two Lay People Among the Eight Decrees for Sainthood". Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Fr. Pasquale Pitari O.F.M. Cap. "Venerabile Gaetana (Nuccia) Tolomeo". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Venerable Gaetana Tolomeo". Saints SQPN. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.