Maria Valtorta

Maria Valtorta was a Roman Catholic Italian writer and poet, considered by many to be a mystic. She was a Franciscan tertiary and a lay member of the Servants of Mary who reported reputed personal conversations with, and dictations from, Jesus Christ.

Valtorta was born in Caserta, in the Campania region of Italy, the only child of parents from the Lombardy region, her father being born in Mantova and her mother in Cremona. Her father, Giuseppe, was in the Italian cavalry and her mother, Iside, was a teacher of French. At ageshe was enrolled in the Institute of the Marcellienne Sisters and at ageshe was sent to the boarding school in Monza administered by the Sisters of Charity. As the family moved around Italy due to her fathers military career, she received a classic education in various parts of Italy and focused on Italian literature.

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