Giuseppina Catanea, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Carmelite Order nun, blessed in 2008
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Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy
About Giuseppina Catanea
- Blessed Giuseppina Catanea (18 February 1894 - 14 March 1948) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member of the Discalced Carmelites and who later assumed the religious name of "Maria Giuseppina of Jesus Crucified".
- She was born to noble parents from the Marquises Grimaldi and was known for her careful attention to the plight of the poor during her childhood.
- This intensified after she became a professed Carmelite in 1932 and held positions of leadership despite her failing health that led to her death.Her beatification received the approval of Pope Benedict XVI and her beatification was celebrated on 1 June 2008.
- However it was Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe who presided over the celebration on the behalf of the pope.
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