Gemma Galgani
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Gemma Umberta Pia Galgani, also known as Gemma of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church in 1940. She has been called the "daughter of the Passion" because of her pr
Galgani in 1900
Unknown painter Transfiguration of Christ WGA23487
Margaret Mary Alacoque
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Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.
Gemma Galgani
…but recovered. She attributed her extraordinary cure to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the intercession of Saints Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows and Marguerite Marie Alacoque. She had a particular devotion to the Sacred Heart. On 11 November 1897, her father Enrico died of throat cancer, and Galgani was orphaned, and thereafter…
Portrait of Sister Margaret Mary Alacoque
St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy, The Altar of the Sacred Heart, mosaic. The painting for the mosaic was by Carlo Muccioli in 1919-20
Jesus Christ appearing to St. Margaret Mary, Church of San Michele, Cortemilia, Italy
The Vision of the Heart of Jesus by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque by unknown artist