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title: "St. Gemma Galgani: Feast Day April 11, Life & Quotes · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/
description: "St. Gemma Galgani, Virgin. Remembered on April 11, died 1903. Read their life and their own words, with sources."
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Virgin · Remembered on April 11

# St. Gemma Galgani

St. Gemma Galgani is remembered on April 11 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Below: a short life and 2 sourced quotations in their own words.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [April 11](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/#11) |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1903 |
| In their own words | [2 sourced quotations](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/#words) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, April 11, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/#calendar) |

## Life

A poor girl of Lucca who longed for Passion and received it: from twenty-one she bore the stigmata, ridiculed by neighbors and examined by doctors while remaining transparently humble and cheerful.

Refused entry to every convent for her health, she lived as a laywoman in a borrowed household and died at twenty-five on Holy Saturday. Her letters and diary breathe a fierce, simple love of Jesus crucified.

## In their own words

Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/#scripture).

> If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you to love.

— *Letters to Fr. Germano*, c. 1901

> O Jesus, I love You so much. Your love is my life.

— *Diary*, 1900

## In Scripture

In Bless, St. Gemma Galgani’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version.

1. On this theme
   > My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollows of the wall, reveal to me your face. Let your voice sound in my ears. For your voice is sweet, and your face is graceful.
   — [Song of Songs 2:16](https://blessbible.app/bible/song-of-songs/2/#v16) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“O Jesus, I love You so much. Your love is my life.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/#q145)
2. On this theme
   > But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but also co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him.
   — [Romans 8:17](https://blessbible.app/bible/romans/8/#v17) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/#q144)
3. On this theme
   > For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
   — [Philippians 1:21](https://blessbible.app/bible/philippians/1/#v21) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“O Jesus, I love You so much. Your love is my life.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/#q145)
4. On this theme
   > But instead, commune in the Passion of Christ, and be glad that, when his glory will be revealed, you too may rejoice with exultation.
   — [1 Peter 4:13](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-peter/4/#v13) · CPDV
   Beside their words: [“If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/#q144)

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Gemma Galgani. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, April 11, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/04/11/) | Third Sunday of Easter | White | Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 · Psalm 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9 · 1 John 2:1-5a · Cf. Luke 24:32 · Luke 24:35-48 |
| [Tuesday, April 11, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/04/11/) | Tuesday of Holy Week | Violet | Isaiah 49:1-6 · Psalm 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17 · John 13:21-33, 36-38 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[April 10 St. Fulbert of Chartres](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-fulbert-of-chartres/) [April 11 St. Stanislaus](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-stanislaus/)

[All the saints of April](https://blessbible.app/saints/april/) [Born on April 11?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#04-11) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Gemma Galgani

Remembered on April 11

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/#life)
2. [In their own words](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/#words)
3. [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/#scripture)
4. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gemma-galgani/#calendar)

In the app

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