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Blessed Laura Vicuña, born Laura del Carmen Vicuña Pino, was a young Chilean girl noted for her profound religious devotion and sacrificial love, particularly in offering her life for the conversion of her mother. According to historical and Salesian records, she was born on April 5, 1891, in Santiago, Chile, to José Domingo Vicuña (a military officer from an aristocratic family) and Mercedes Pino. Her family faced exile due to civil unrest in Chile following the 1891 revolution, relocating first to Temuco and then to Argentina after her father's sudden death. In 1900, she and her younger sister entered the boarding school run by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) in Junín de los Andes, Neuquén Province, Argentina. | '''Blessed Laura Vicuña''', born Laura del Carmen Vicuña Pino, was a young Chilean girl noted for her profound religious devotion and sacrificial love, particularly in offering her life for the conversion of her mother. According to historical and Salesian records, she was born on April 5, 1891, in Santiago, Chile, to José Domingo Vicuña (a military officer from an aristocratic family) and Mercedes Pino. Her family faced exile due to civil unrest in Chile following the 1891 revolution, relocating first to Temuco and then to Argentina after her father's sudden death. In 1900, she and her younger sister entered the boarding school run by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) in Junín de los Andes, Neuquén Province, Argentina. | ||
Evidence from Church biographies and the beatification process indicates that Laura developed an intense piety, spending much time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, making her First Communion with fervor modeled after Saint Dominic Savio, and privately vowing poverty, chastity, and obedience. Upon learning of her mother's irregular union with landowner Manuel Mora (who physically abused Laura to deter her religious aspirations), she offered her life to God for her mother's salvation, with the consent of her confessor. She suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis, exacerbated by the abuse and harsh conditions, and died peacefully on January 22, 1904, at age 12 in Junín de los Andes. According to hagiographic accounts from her sister Julia and Salesian witnesses, on her deathbed she revealed her offering to her mother, who promised repentance and later returned to the sacraments. | Evidence from Church biographies and the beatification process indicates that Laura developed an intense piety, spending much time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, making her First Communion with fervor modeled after Saint Dominic Savio, and privately vowing poverty, chastity, and obedience. Upon learning of her mother's irregular union with landowner Manuel Mora (who physically abused Laura to deter her religious aspirations), she offered her life to God for her mother's salvation, with the consent of her confessor. She suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis, exacerbated by the abuse and harsh conditions, and died peacefully on January 22, 1904, at age 12 in Junín de los Andes. According to hagiographic accounts from her sister Julia and Salesian witnesses, on her deathbed she revealed her offering to her mother, who promised repentance and later returned to the sacraments. | ||
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