St Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus was a Franciscan tertiary born on March 25 1715 at Naples, Italy and died on October 6 1791 at Naples, Italy.
We celebrate her feast day on October 6 every year in the Catholic Church.
| St Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus Biography | |
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| Date of Birth | March 25 1715 |
| Place of Birth | Naples, Italy |
| Profession | Franciscan tertiary |
| Place of Work | Italy |
| Date of Death | October 6 1791 |
| Place of Death | Naples, Italy |
| Feast Day | October 6 |
| Beatification | Beatified by Pope Gregory XVI on November 12 1843 |
| Canonization | Canonized by Pope Blessed Pius IX on June 29 1867 |
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St Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus Life History
The two saints John Joseph of the Cross and Saint Francis de Geronimo both predicted Mary France’s sanctity even before she was born.
The Daughter of Francesco Gallo, a greedy and angry man, and Barbara Basins, a pious and patient woman who put up with her husband’s abuse of herself, and his ill-treatment of Mary Frances, who was often worked nearly to death.
She made her first Communion at age 7 and went to Mass nearly every day of her life thereafter. When she was 16, her father tried to force her into marriage to a rich young man. She refused and became a Franciscan tertiary on September 8 1731.
Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus eventually became known as a counselor to priests, sisters, and pious laymen and spent her last 38 years as a recluse in the home of Father Giovanni Pessiri.
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