Saint Alphonsa Muttathupadathu, or Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception:
(*) From 19 August 1910 – 28 July 1946. She is now being regarded as a saint who was once a Syro-Malabar Catholic Franciscan Religious Sister. The Catholic Church has canonized her as a saint, and she is the first person of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by them, and she is also the first canonized saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the Saint Thomas Christian community.
(*) In the year 1923, her feet were burnt when she fell into a pit of burning chaff; local people describe this as a self-inflicted injury as she wanted to become a Religious sister but her foster mom had arranged for a marriage. This accident left her permanently disabled for life.
(*) She died at the age of 35, on 28th July 1946, and was buried at St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Bharananganam, Travancore, Kerala, India.
(*)Sister Alphonsa then taught at St. Alphonsa Girl's High School, but was often sick and unable to teach.
(*) Immediately upon her death, Claims of her miraculous intervention began , and mostly involved the children of the convent school where she used to teach. Hundreds of such claims have been recorded out of which 2 cases were submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints as proof of her miraculous intervention. The continuing cures are chronicled in the magazine "PassionFlower".
(*) To honour a Saint of Indian origin, RBI in the year 2009 released commemoration coin
which is shown below:
(*) From 19 August 1910 – 28 July 1946. She is now being regarded as a saint who was once a Syro-Malabar Catholic Franciscan Religious Sister. The Catholic Church has canonized her as a saint, and she is the first person of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by them, and she is also the first canonized saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the Saint Thomas Christian community.
(*) In the year 1923, her feet were burnt when she fell into a pit of burning chaff; local people describe this as a self-inflicted injury as she wanted to become a Religious sister but her foster mom had arranged for a marriage. This accident left her permanently disabled for life.
(*) She died at the age of 35, on 28th July 1946, and was buried at St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Bharananganam, Travancore, Kerala, India.
(*)Sister Alphonsa then taught at St. Alphonsa Girl's High School, but was often sick and unable to teach.
(*) Immediately upon her death, Claims of her miraculous intervention began , and mostly involved the children of the convent school where she used to teach. Hundreds of such claims have been recorded out of which 2 cases were submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints as proof of her miraculous intervention. The continuing cures are chronicled in the magazine "PassionFlower".
(*) To honour a Saint of Indian origin, RBI in the year 2009 released commemoration coin
which is shown below:
Year:
2009
Diameter & Weight:
23 mm & 6.00 Gm
Shape & Metal:
Circular & Nickel Brass
Mint Mark:
Star
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