Maria Assunta Pallotta
Maria Assunta Pallotta (20 August 1878 - 7 April 1905), born Assunta Maria Pallotta, was an Italian Roman Catholic nun who served as a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary and also as part of the missions to China in the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion.
Following the recognition of two miracles, Pope Pius XII celebrated her beatification on 7 November 1954.
Patron saint of Missionaries; Typhus; Against typhus
In the Martyrology
- April 7 Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta, virgin of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary