Maria Troncatti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian missionary (1883-1969)
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Place of Birth: Corteno Golgi, Lombardy, Italy
About Maria Troncatti
- Blessed Maria Troncatti (16 February 1883 - 25 August 1969) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco.
- Troncatti was of farming stock and entered her congregation in 1907; she worked as a nurse during World War I and became part of the missions in Ecuador from 1922 until her death in a plane crash in 1969.Troncatti was beatified in Ecuador on 24 November 2012 after Pope Benedict XVI approved her beatification - the pontiff had Cardinal Angelo Amato preside over the celebration on his behalf.
- She was made a Servant of God on 20 October 1986 under Pope John Paul II and was made Venerable on 12 November 2008 all prior to her beatification.
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