Gaetana Tolomeo
Gaetana Tolomeo (10 April 1936 – 24 January 1997), also known as "Nuccia", was an Italian Roman Catholic laywoman. who has been beatified in 2019.
Tolomeo went through her entire life either confined to her bed or in a chair due to a progressive paralysis that rendered her disabled (she had suffered from this since her childhood. Throughout her life she gained a reputation for her piousness. She sought to spread the messages of the Gospel to others while a guest on a local radio station from 1994 until her death. Her time on the radio station marked her interest in reaching out for the conversion of sinners with an emphasis on reaching out to prostitutes or families in need.
In the Martyrology
- January 24 Blessed Gaetana Tolomeo (Nuccia), layperson