Marie des Anges
Italian religious
Feast: 16 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Marianna Fontanella, OCD (7 January 1661 – 16 December 1717), also known as Maria degli Angeli or Mary of the Angels, was an Italian Catholic member of the Discalced Carmelites. Fontanella studied with the Cistercians as a child and entered the Discalced Carmelites despite the protests of her mother and siblings. She soon became a noted abbess and prioress and in 1703 inaugurated a new convent of which she herself oversaw the establishment.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Maria degli Angeli Venerable“Marianna Fontanella, OCD (7 January 1661 – 16 December 1717), also known as Maria degli Angeli or Mary of the Angels, was an Italian Catholic member of the Discalced Carmelites.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q45579 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Marianna Fontanella (CC BY-SA)
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