Feast April 11
Saint Gemma Galgani
Virgin, patron of Students · Feast April 11
Biography
Gemma Umberta Maria 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 profound imitation of the Passion of Christ. She is especially venerated in the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus (Passionists).
Feast day
April 11
Patronage
Students
Pharmacists
Paratroopers
Parachutists
loss of parents
those suffering back injury or back pain
those suffering with headaches/migraines
those struggling with temptations to impurity
those seeking purity of heart
Birth date
1878-03-12
Death date
1903-04-11
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
2 May 1940
Canonized by
Pope Pius XII
Feast month
4
Wikidata qid
Q239122
Feast day of month
11
