Saint gemma galgani patron saint of animals

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    Gemma Galgani

    Italian mystic and Catholic saint

    For other uses, see Gemma (disambiguation).

    Saint


    Gemma Galgani

    BornGemma Umberta Maria Galgani
    ()12 March
    Camigliano, Capannori, Italy
    Died11 April () (aged&#;25)
    Lucca, Italy
    Venerated&#;inRoman Catholic Church
    Beatified14 May by Pope Pius XI
    Canonized2 May , Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII
    Major shrinePassionist Monastery in Lucca, Italy
    Feast11 April (celebrated by Passionists on 16 May)
    AttributesPassionist habit, flowers (lilies and roses), crucifix, stigmata
    PatronageStudents, Pharmacists, Paratroopers and Parachutists, loss of parents, those suffering back injury or back pain, those suffering with headaches/migraines, those struggling with temptations to impurity and those seeking purity of heart[1]

    Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani (12 March – 11 April ), also known as Gemma of Lucca, was an Italianmystic, venerated as a saint in th