Maria Cristina of Savoy
Maria Christina of Savoy ( born November 14, 1812 in Cagliari, † January 31, 1836 in Naples) is a blessed and was Princess of Sardinia and Savoy, and by marriage Queen of the Two Sicilies.
Life
Maria Christina was born as the youngest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria -Este in Cagliari in Sardinia. She was very religious and was at the court of Turin, the capital city of the Kingdom of Sardinia, educated. The Fort Marie- Christine is named after her.
In the Holy Year 1825, the thirteen- year-old Princess made a pilgrimage to Rome, where she kept a diary, which attests to their deep piety. In the local hospice for pilgrims Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini she washed the simple pilgrims feet, and served them. In the Catholic Church it is still very much revered.
On November 21, 1832 was married to King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. Maria Cristina was never able to settle on the court of Naples, were added heavy of character differences between her and her husband. She was constantly ailing, but what they patiently endured with their piety. In her subjects, she was popular because of their modesty and humility. The couple had only one son, the heir to the throne and later the last Neapolitan king Francis II Just 15 days after the birth of their son died, the weakened Maria Christina. Her son was brought up to his mother in the cultic remembrance and spoke of her as the " Santa Regina " ( " Holy Queen ").
King Ferdinand married twelve months later for a second time, the Austrian Archduchess Maria Theresa. However, he pushed ahead with the process of beatification of his first wife. On July 10, 1859, she was by Pope Pius IX. awarded as the first step of the heroic virtues; since Maria Cristina may be called " Venerable ". On May 2, 2013 Pope recognized Francis a knitted by Maria Christina wonders, so that her beatification nothing stands in the way. On January 25, 2014 was then her beatification in the Basilica of Santa Chiara in Naples.
The only daughter of King Francis II was born in exile and baptized in the name of her grandmother, but lived only a few months.