Maria Candida of the Eucharist
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Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist O.C.D. |
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| Born | Maria Barba 16 January 1884 Catanzaro, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 12 June 1949 (aged 65) Ragusa, Italy |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 21 March 2004, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
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| Attributes | Carmelite habit |
Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist (16 January 1884 – 12 June 1949) - born Maria Barba - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and a professed member from the Discalced Carmelites. Barba desired to become a professed religious in her adolescence but her parents forbade this and she was forced to wait two decades for her to realize her dream; she entered the order after her parents died though alienated her brothers in the process who refused to ever see her due to their resentment towards her decision. Barba became a noted member of her convent in Ragusa and she served as prioress for an extensive period in which she fostered a rigid adherence to the order's rule so as to live the fullness of its charism. Her devotion to the Eucharist was a focal point for her spiritual thinking and her own life and she wrote to an extensive degree on the Eucharist and its importance.
The beatification process opened on 15 October 1981 and she became titled as a Servant of God while she later became titled as Venerable on 18 December 2000 upon the confirmation of her life of heroic virtue. Pope John Paul II beatified Barba in Saint Peter's Square on 21 March 2004.
Maria Barba was born on 16 January 1884 in Catanzaro as the tenth of twelve children (five who died in their childhoods) to the appellate court judge Pietro Barba and Giovanna Flora; she was baptized on the following 19 January. Her parents and siblings all hailed from Palermo but moved to Catanzaro while he was in that town during a brief assignment. In 1886 her parents returned back to Palermo and so the infant Barba was taken along to live her life there.
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