Saint
Saint Maria Troncatti
- Country / origin
- Italy / Ecuador
- Life
- 1883–1969
- Feast
- Feast in local or religious-order calendars
- Canonised
- 19 October 2025
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
A Salesian sister, nurse and missionary among the indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Patron of
- missionaries
- nurses
- indigenous peoples
- the Amazon
- reconciliation
When to ask for intercession
- on mission
- for health workers in remote places
- in conflicts within a community
A short prayer
Saint Maria Troncatti, give me a missionary heart, able to care, reconcile and serve without borders.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
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