Blessed Maria Teresa Casini
Also known as: Sister Maria Serafina of the Heart of Jesus Pierced
Feast Day
3 April; 29 October (Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; diocese of Frascati, Italy; based on the date of her baptism)
Born
27 October 1864 in Frascati, Italy
Died
Around 5am on 3 April 1937 at Oblate monastery on the via del Casaletto in Grottaferrata, Rome, Italy of natural causes; buried in the chapel of the Zealots of the Sacred Heart in a nearby cemetery; re-interred at the Generalate of the Oblates of the Sacred Heart in Grottaferrata on 20 May 1965
Beatified
31 October 2015 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated at the Piazza San Pietro at the cathedral in Frascati, Italy, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato; her beatification miracle involved the 25 – 27 June 2003 healing of the brain lesions and trauma of Jacob “Jack” Ronald Sebest, a five year old drowning victim in Youngstown, Ohio
Venerated
7 July 1997 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Maria Teresa Casini, also known as Sister Maria Serafina of the Heart of Jesus Pierced, was born on 27 October 1864 in Frascati, Italy. She was the eldest daughter of Tommaso Casini, an engineer, and Melania Rayner. At the age of two days, she was baptized at the cathedral of Frascati.
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