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title: "St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa: Feast Day December 15 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maria-crocifissa-di-rosa/
description: "St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa, Virgin. Remembered on December 15, died 1855. Read their life in Bless."
---

Virgin · Remembered on December 15

# St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa

St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa is remembered on December 15 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [December 15](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/#15) |
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1855 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, December 15, 2026](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maria-crocifissa-di-rosa/#calendar) |

## Life

A Brescian merchant’s daughter who ran her father’s mill-girls’ welfare before she ran hospitals — through cholera, war, and the bombardment of Brescia, where her Handmaids of Charity walked the streets gathering the wounded of both armies. She could not go to bed with a quiet conscience, she said, on a day she had missed a chance to do good.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Tuesday, December 15, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/12/15/) | Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent | Violet | Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 · Psalm 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-18, 19 and 23 · Matthew 21:28-32 |
| [Wednesday, December 15, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/12/15/) | Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent | Violet | Isaiah 45:6c-8, 18, 21c-25 · Psalm 85:9ab, 10, 11-12, 13-14 · See Isaiah 40:9-10 · Luke 7:18b-23 |
| [Friday, December 15, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/15/) | Friday of the Second Week of Advent | Violet | Isaiah 48:17-19 · Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 · Matthew 11:16-19 |

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.

[December 14 St. John of the Cross](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-the-cross/) [December 16 St. Adelaide](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-adelaide/)

[All the saints of December](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/) [Born on December 15?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#12-15) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa

Remembered on December 15

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maria-crocifissa-di-rosa/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maria-crocifissa-di-rosa/#calendar)

In the app

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