Margherita Occhiena [SEP] date of birth
Margherita Occhiena
Venerable Margherita Occhiena Bosco (1 April 1788 – 25 November 1856) was the mother of Saint John Bosco and worked with the poor and the less fortunate. Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed her to be Venerable in 2006.
Biography.
Margherita Occhiena was born April 1, 1788 in Capriglio in Asti, the sixth of ten children. Country girls at that time worked on the farm rather than attended school, so Margherita did not learn to read or write. At the age of 24, she married a
put God first and above all, consumed in a life of poverty, prayer and sacrifice. She died at the age of 68 in Turin on 25 November 1856.
Cause of beatification.
The cause of beatification for Margherita Occhiena commenced on 7 March 1995 with the declaration of "nihil obstat" (nothing against) by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints under Pope John Paul II, thereby declaring her to be a Servant of God. On 23 October 2006, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed her to be Venerable,