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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The Flower of Lucca


Saint Gemma Galgani

Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, Central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near the Tyrrhenian Sea.  It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca.  Among other reasons, it is famous for its intact Renaissance-era city walls.  Lucca

Saint Gemma is patroness of students, pharmacists, tuberculosis patients, love, hope, spinal injury.  Her attributes are: Passionist robe, flowers (lilies and roses), guardian angel, stigmata, heavenward gaze.


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