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| name = Blessed Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata
| image = Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata.jpg
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| caption = <small>Portrait of Blessed Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata, the foundress of the [[Order of the Most Holy Annunciation]], in [[Genova]], [[Italy]].</small>
| titles = Blessed / Foundress
| birth_date = 1562
| birth_place = [[Genova]], [[Italy]]
| death_date = December 15, 1617
| death_place = [[Genoa]], [[Italy]]
| venerated_in = [[Catholic Church]]
| beatified_date = 1828
| beatified_place = [[Vatican City|Vatican]]
| beatified_by = [[Pope Leo XII]]
| canonized_date =
| canonized_place =
| canonized_by =
| major_shrine = Monastery of the Most Holy Annunciation of [[Genoa|San Cipriano (Serra Riccò)]], in [[Italy]]
| feast_day = December 15
| patronage =
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'''Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata''' (1562 – December 15, 1617) was an [[Italy|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 [[Enclosed religious orders|cloistered]], this nuns have a special devotion to the [[Annunciation]] and [[Incarnation (Christianity)|Incarnation of Christ]] mysteries and to the hidden life of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] whilst in [[Nazareth]].


Blessed Maria Vittoria was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope Leo XII]] in [[1828]]. She is remembered liturgically on the date of her death, [[December 15]].
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'''Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata''' (1562–1617) was an [[Italy|Italian]] nun, Foundress (1604) 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, they have a special devotion to the [[Annunciation]] and to the hidden life of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] whilst in [[Nazareth]].


==See also==
Blessed Vittoria was beatified by Leo XII in 1828. She is remembered liturgically on the date of her death, December 15..
* [[Order of the Most Holy Annunciation]]
* [[Enclosed religious orders]]

==External links==
* [http://www.monacheordineannunziataceleste.it/ Monastery of the Most Holy Annunciation (Rome)]
* [http://www.monacheturchine.it/ Monastery of the Most Holy Annunciation (Genoa)]


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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1562
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1562
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Genoa, Italy
| DATE OF DEATH = 1617
| DATE OF DEATH = 1617
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| PLACE OF DEATH = Genoa, Italy
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Revision as of 21:41, 2 February 2015

Blessed Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata
Portrait of Blessed Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata, the foundress of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, in Genova, Italy.
Blessed / Foundress
Born1562
Genova, Italy
DiedDecember 15, 1617
Genoa, Italy
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified1828, Vatican by Pope Leo XII
Major shrineMonastery of the Most Holy Annunciation of San Cipriano (Serra Riccò), in Italy
FeastDecember 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, this nuns have a special devotion to the Annunciation and Incarnation of Christ mysteries and to the hidden life of the Blessed Virgin Mary whilst 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.

See also

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