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Widowed with 3 children, one of whom was deaf and dumb, she obtained permission from Pope Pius IX in 1866 to found a religious organization to help the needy and the sick. Thus she founded the daughters of Sant'Anna, wore the religious habit and with 12 sisters dedicating herself to those who suffered all forms of suffering and moral and material misery. The order of the Daughters of Sant'Anna grew and spread and its fame grew in every part of the world. His mortal remains, exhumed 32 years after his death, were found to be incorrupt. She was beatified by John Paul II in 2000 67505437
