Marianna Fontanella, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMarianna Fontanella
Italian religious
Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1661
Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Date of Death: 16-Dec-1717
Profession: Christians Jehovah’s Witnesses
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Marianna Fontanella
- Blessed Marianna Fontanella (7 January 1661 – 16 December 1717) – in religious Maria degli Angeli – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from 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 she herself oversaw the establishment of.Her beatification cause commenced under Pope Innocent XIII in 1722 and she was titled as Venerable in 1778 under Pope Pius VI.
- Her beatification received ratification in 1865 under Pope Pius IX.
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