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Italian mystic
Maria Rosa Agostini
Portrait of Sister Maria Rosa Agostini, oil on canvas, c. 1800
Born 3 May 1722Loreto , Ancona , Italy Died 16 March 1768(1768-03-16) (aged 45)Loreto , Ancona , Italy
Maria Rosa Agostini (3 May 1722 – 16 March 1768) was an Italian lay Dominican regarded as "the Merchant Saint of Loreto". She was in consideration for sainthood .[ 1]
She was a Dominican tertiary and lived with her family who owned a merchant shop in the city, facing the incomplete south section of the west wing of Basilica della Santa Casa .[ 2] Child Jesus and mystical writings.[ 2]
Her cause for beatification has been initiated on 16 April 1791 with the approval of Pope Pius VI after her 9 miracles were recorded and confirmed.[ 2] [ 3] venerable " in the Dominican Order.[ 2]
In 2016, Bianca Gjomarkaj Nakovics, a descendant of Agostini, published a book entitled La Merchaiai Santa di Loreto: Venerabile Maria Rosa Agostini, La Sua Vita e Morte in her memory and revive an interest on her saintly life.[ 4]
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