Eustochia Smeralda Calafato

Eustochia Smeralda Calafato

Infobox Saint
name=Eustochia Smeraldo Calafato
birth_date=25 March 1434
death_date=20 January 1485
feast_day= 20 January
venerated_in=Roman Catholicism


imagesize=200px
caption=Portrait of Eustochia
birth_place=Messina
death_place=Messina
titles=Hermitess of the Franciscan Order
beatified_date=14 September 1782
beatified_place=
beatified_by=Pope Pius VI
canonized_date=11 June 1998
canonized_place=Messina
canonized_by=Pope John Paul II
attributes=Poor Clare nun holding a cross
patronage= co-patron of Messina
major_shrine= Monastero di Montevergine
suppressed_date=
issues=

Eustochia Smeralda Calafato (Messina, March 25 1434Messina, January 20, 1485) is an Franciscan Italian Saint belonging to the Order of the Poor Clares.

Veneration

She was canonized on June 11 1988 by Pope John Paul II. [cite web |url=http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte42.htm |title=Eustochia Calafato |accessdate=2007-12-12 |work=Patron Saints Index]

Her incorrupt body rests in the Sanctuary of Montevergine in Messina, an ancient monastery founded by her around in 1459. In the past centuries, as she is the co-patron of Messina, every August 22 her body was exposed to the veneration of the people and, with a solemn celebration, the Municipality of Messina offers to her a gift. This an ancient tradition that has survived to the present day, while the body can be visited twice a week.

References

External links

* [http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_19880611_calafato_it.html Detailed History] it


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