Esperanza, Maria (1928–2004)
Esperanza, Maria (1928–2004)
Venezuelan mystic. Name variations: Maria Esperanza de Bianchini. Born Nov 22, 1928, in the village of San Rafael, Barrancas, Monagas State, Venezuela; died Aug 7, 2004, in Ocean Co., New Jersey; m. Geo Bianchini Giani, Dec 8, 1956; children: 7.
Had many visions when young, most especially from Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and Mary the Virgin; reported a visit by Mary in Betania, Venezuela (Mar 25, 1976) where there were later numerous reports of miraculous cures; for some years, experienced spontaneous bleeding from her hands (stigmata).
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