Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo
Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo (14 October 1831 – 6 May 1900) was an Italian Roman Catholic who was widowed and later became a nun. She was also the founder of the Daughters of Saint Anne and assumed the new name of "Anna Rosa" after she had established her order and made her religious profession as a nun. After her death, her order expanded in Europe and other parts of the world.
Anna Rosa devoted herself to all she came into contact with and established her order to cater to the needs of the sick and children that were abandoned.
She was beatified on 9 April 2000 after a miracle was attributed to her intercession.
Patron saint of Daughters of Saint Anne; Widowers; Mothers
In the Martyrology
- May 6 Blessed Anna Rosa Gattorno Custo, widow, founder of the Daughters of Saint Anne