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St.
Gemma Galgani’s Tomb
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The following tribute is inscribed on St. Gemma Galgani ’s tomb: GEMMA GALGANI LUCENSIS VIRGO INNOCENTISSIMA QUAE DIVINI AMORIS AESTU MAGIS QUAM VI MORBI ABSUMPTA QUINTO AETATIS LUSTRO VIX EMENSO AD COELESTIS SPONSI NUPTIAS EVOLAVIT DIE XI M. APRILIS A. MCMIII PERVIGILIA DOMINICAE RESURRECTIONIS ANIMA DULCIS TE IN PACE CUM ANGELIS. Translation: “Gemma Galgani
of Lucca, a most innocent virgin, who in her twenty-fifth year,
consumed rather by the fire of Divine Love than by the violence
of disease, flew into the arms of her Heavenly Spouse on Holy Saturday,
the eleventh of April, 1903. Peace be to thee, O sweet soul, in
company with the Angels.” |
