Blessed Benedetta Bianchi Porro
Also known as: Bianchi Porro
Feast Day
23-Jan
Born
8 August 1936 at Dovádola, Forli, Italy
Died
23 January 1964 at Sirmione, Italy of complications resulting from her Recklinghausen Disease-Neuro-Fibromatosis; buried in the cemetery at Sirmione; body later transferred to a sarcophagus in the Benedictine Church of Saint Andrew, Dovadola, Italy
Beatified
14 September 2019 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of Santa Croce in Forlì, Italy, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Venerated
23 December 1993 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Benedetta Bianchi Porro, also known as Bianchi Porro, was born on 8 August 1936 in Dovádola, Forli, Italy to Guido Bianchi Porro and Elsa Giammarchi. She was the second of six children in her family. At a young age, Benedetta was afflicted with poliomyelitis, which left her with a crippled left leg and necessitated the use of a brace to prevent her spine from deforming. Despite her physical challenges, she remained a clever and joyful child, documenting her experiences and deepening her faith in a diary that she started at the age of five.
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