St Alphonsa a Nun who said "...I will seek refuge in the Sacred Heart of Jesus" - from India - Saint July 28
The first woman of Indian origin canonized by the Catholic Church and the first saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.
Patron Saint: against bodily ills, against illness, against sickness, against the death of parents sick people
Saint ALPHONSA OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION was born in Kudamalur, the Arpookara region, in the diocese of Changanacherry, India, on the 19th of August 1910, of the ancient and noble family of Muttathupadathu. From her birth, the life of the Blessed was marked by the cross, which would be progressively revealed to her as the royal way to conform herself to Christ. Her mother, Maria Puthukari, gave birth to her prematurely, ...
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