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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
Maria (Abellin in Galilee, Israel, January 5, 1846 – Bethlehem, August 26, 1878) joined the Carmelites in Pau, France, in 1867 and professed in Mangalore, India, where she had been sent in 1870 as co-founder of that monastery. Back in France in 1872, she was transferred to the Holy Land in 1875 to join the new community in Bethlehem. She was also instrumental to open a new community in Nazareth. Maria was known for her humility, devotion to the Holy Spirit and love for the Church and the Pope. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II the 13th November 1983.
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Saints of the Hl. Land