St. Gianna Beretta was born on on October 4, 1922 in Italy, the tenth of thirteen children in her family. In 1942, Gianna began her study of medicine in Milan. As a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, she was a diligent and hardworking student, both at the university and in her faith. She received degrees in both medicine and surgery, specializing in pediatrics.
In 1961, during her fourth pregnancy, doctors discovered he had a tumor in her uterus. They gave her three choices: abort the baby and remove the fibroma, which would permit another pregnancy; do a complete hysterectomy (killing the child); or treat the fibroma and hope the baby survives. The last was the riskiest for Gianna, but she was clear to her family. “If you must decide between me and the child, do not hesitate: choose the child? I insist on it. Save the baby.”
On April 21, 1962, baby Gianna Emanuela was successfully delivered by Caesarean section. A week later, Mama Gianna passed away from septic peritonitis. In 2004, St. Gianna was officially canonized. Her husband and their four children attended her canonization ceremony, making this the first time a husband witnessed his wife’s canonization.
Canonization requires that investigators with the Roman Catholic Church ascertain that miracles occurred following prayer to the potential saint. We know God does the miracles. But when it pleases Him, He does them in response to prayer to His children who are with Him in Heaven.
In St. Gianna’s case, the first miracle occurred in 1977 when a Brazilian woman developed a potentially fatal condition that could not be treated at her local hospital. Doctors believed she would not survive the trip to a larger facility, which so distressed the nursing sisters, that they appealed for the intercession of Gianna Molla. The doctors were amazed when the woman’s condition disappeared.
The second miracle occurred in 2003 when a woman prayed for Gianna’s intercession after experiencing a tear in her placenta. At just 16-weeks or pregnancy, her womb drained of all amniotic fluid, leaving the fetus with little to no chance of survival. Due to Gianna’s intercession, the baby was born healthy.
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