Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata

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Blessed Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata
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Portrait of Blessed Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata, the foundress of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, in Genova, Italy.
Blessed / Foundress
Born 1562
Genova, Italy
Died December 15, 1617
Genoa, Italy
Venerated in Catholic Church
Beatified 1828, Vatican by Pope Leo XII
Major shrine Monastery of the Most Holy Annunciation of San Cipriano (Serra Riccò), in Italy
Feast December 15

Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata (1562 – December 15, 1617) was an Italian nun and the foundress of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (O.SS.A.), or Blue Nuns of Genoa, or Annunziate Turchine, so called from their turquoise-coloured mantle. Strictly cloistered, the nuns have a special devotion to the Annunciation and Incarnation of Christ mysteries and to the hidden life of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Nazareth.

Blessed Maria Vittoria was beatified by Pope Leo XII in 1828. She is remembered liturgically on the date of her death, December 15.

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