Festa beata chiara luce badano biography
Chiara luce badano on her death bed...
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Chiara Badano
Italian Blessed
Not to be confused with Chiara Corbella Petrillo.
Chiara Badano (October 29, 1971 – October 7, 1990) was an Italian teenager who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.
At age nine she joined the Focolare Movement and received the nickname "Luce" ("light") by the founder Chiara Lubich. When she was 16, she was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, a painful bone cancer. Chiara died from the cancer on October 7, 1990, after a two-year battle with the disease.[1] She was beatified on September 25, 2010, at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Love in Rome.
Festa beata chiara luce badano biography
Her feast day is celebrated on October 29.[2]
Early life
Chiara Badano was born on October 29, 1971, to Ruggero and Maria Teresa Badano in the small village of Sassello, Italy. The couple waited and prayed eleven years to have Chiara.
While Ruggero worked as a truck driver, Maria Teresa stayed at home to raise their daughter. Chiara grew up with a strong and healthy r