Also
known as Anna Maria Gesualda, Antonia Taigi ,Anna Maria Taigi ,Anne Marie Gianetti
Memorial 9 June Profile Daughter
Luigi Giannetti and Maria Masi. Her father was a pharmacist in Siena, but his
business went bankrupt when Anna Marie was five years old. The family moved to
Rome in search of work, and Luigi could only find work as a household servant.
Married on 7 January 1789 to Dominico Taigi, a butler to the noble family of Chigi.
Married for 48 years, and mother of seven, two of whom died very young. Anne Marie
was known to be very concerned about her dress and appearance, far more than would
be expected of a working class mother. Life at home was not always peaceful, Dominico
could be ill-tempered and caustic, and Anne was known to have had an adulterous
affair with an older man. But one day while at prayer at Saint Peter's Cathedral,
she felt a sudden strong inspiration to ignore the things of this world. She began
to live a more austere life, and to listen to the Spirit. Trinitarian tertiary.
She found holy spiritual directors, and gave all she could to the poor. She visited
the sick, and counselled many of the patients at the hospital of San Giacomo of
the Incurables. She worked hard to evangelized her own family, changing her husband's
demeanor, and they all regularly assembled in a small personal chapel to pray
together. As the years went on and Anne Marie devoted herself to prayer, she began
to receive mystical gifts. She had the gift of prophecy and clairvoyance. She
sometimes went into ecstacies, and received heavely and prophetic visions. Her
simple presence had a powerful effect on many, and she converted many. Counsellor
to cardinals, royalty and three popes. Because of her charismatic gifts, and her
lack of concern about worldly matters, she was often the topic of gossip and lsander,
but she was the recipient of public veneration soon after her death, and her Cause
for beatification began in 1863. Born 29 May 1769 at Siena,
Italy as Anne Marie Gianetti Died 9 June 1837 at Rome, Italy
of natural causes body incorrupt remains transferred several times interred at
Saint Crisogono church, Trastevere, Italy Name Meaning gracious
one; grace (= Anne) Venerated 4 March 1906 Beatified
30 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV Canonized pending; if you
have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Anne, contact: Father
Michael Pintacura U.S.A. Vice Postulator - Taigi P.O. Box 610313 San Jose, CA
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