> [[09-figures|↑ Back to TOC]] # Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist ## Biography Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist was born on 16 January 1884 in Catanzaro. Her parents, Pietro Barba and Giovanna Florona, returned to Palermo, Sicily, where she received First Holy Communion on 3 April 1894. In 1919 she entered the Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Ragusa, making solemn profession on 23 April 1924. She was Prioress and Mistress of Novices many times, radiating a sense of Carmelite holiness both within and outside of the community, influencing others with her love for the Eucharist, as well as by her numerous writings. She died on 12 June 1949, the solemnity of the Holy Trinity, and was beatified on 21 March 2004. *Source: OCD Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours, June 14* ## Notes - virgin? 56 - [[06-14-blessed-maria-barba|OCD Proper]]