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Gemma di Goriano Sicoli
BlessedResearched
Feast: 13 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1375
Died
1426
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
—
not yet
Who they were
At Goriano Sicoli in Abruzzo, Blessed Gemma, virgin, who lived enclosed in a small cell beside the church, from which she could see only the altar.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 13 May as a virgin who lived enclosed in a cell beside the church at Goriano Sicoli.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3100326 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.