| Blessed Chiara Badano | |
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Chiara Luce Badano |
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| Born | October 29, 1971 Sassello |
| Died | October 7, 1990 (aged 18) Sassello |
| Honored in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | September 25, 2010, Our Lady of Divine Love in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Major shrine | Cimitero di Sassello Savona Liguria, Italy Plot: Family chapel |
| Feast | October 29 |
Blessed Chiara Badano (October 29, 1971 – October 7, 1990) was an Italian teenager who is being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church. Nicknamed Luce (Italian: light) by Chiara Lubich, the founder of the Focolare Movement where she belonged to, she died at the tender age of 18 after succumbing to osteosarcoma, an aggressive and painful form of bone cancer.[1] She was beatified on September 25, 2010 at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Love in Rome. Her feast day is on October 29.[2]