Codrongianos
Native home of the Consecrated Elisabetta Sanna
The native home of Elisabetta Sanna is in Codrongianos, in via Venerabile Elisabetta Sanna, and it represents a place of worship for many Christians.
Elisabetta Sanna was born in Codrongianos on April 23rd 1788. At the age of three months she lost the ability to lift her arms, but despite this she was a strong and lively baby. She came from a family of farmers and faithful Christians and, from when she was a child, she showed her vocation for the Church and prayer. She became a spiritual mother of the girls and women of her land. Her home was a small oratory, where, besides her family, the neighbours and other villagers would join in prayer. She lived as a nun in the world, in fact in town she was respectfully called “sa monga”, “the nun” in Sardinian. She followed her parents’ desire to see her married and she had five children. In 1825 she became a widow and made a vow of chastity. In 1831, she set sail on a pilgrimage journey to the Holy Land. She ended up in Rome and wasn’t ever able to return home because of serious physical problems. She dedicated herself entirely to prayer and to serving the sick and poor. She was one of the first to be enrolled in the Union of the Catholic Apostolate of Saint Vincenzo Pallotti, her spiritual guide. Her new home became a sanctuary of profound faith. She died in Rome on February 17th 2016 and was buried in the Church of Saint Salvatore in Onda. After a case that had lasted more than a century and a half, she was beatified in the Church of the Holy Trinity of Saccargia, in Codrongianos. Today, in her native home one of her dresses, several rosaries, some books and her cutlery can be admired.
Elisabetta Sanna was born in Codrongianos on April 23rd 1788. At the age of three months she lost the ability to lift her arms, but despite this she was a strong and lively baby. She came from a family of farmers and faithful Christians and, from when she was a child, she showed her vocation for the Church and prayer. She became a spiritual mother of the girls and women of her land. Her home was a small oratory, where, besides her family, the neighbours and other villagers would join in prayer. She lived as a nun in the world, in fact in town she was respectfully called “sa monga”, “the nun” in Sardinian. She followed her parents’ desire to see her married and she had five children. In 1825 she became a widow and made a vow of chastity. In 1831, she set sail on a pilgrimage journey to the Holy Land. She ended up in Rome and wasn’t ever able to return home because of serious physical problems. She dedicated herself entirely to prayer and to serving the sick and poor. She was one of the first to be enrolled in the Union of the Catholic Apostolate of Saint Vincenzo Pallotti, her spiritual guide. Her new home became a sanctuary of profound faith. She died in Rome on February 17th 2016 and was buried in the Church of Saint Salvatore in Onda. After a case that had lasted more than a century and a half, she was beatified in the Church of the Holy Trinity of Saccargia, in Codrongianos. Today, in her native home one of her dresses, several rosaries, some books and her cutlery can be admired.
Source: Elisabetta Sanna, the Sardinian woman who conquered the hearts of the Romans in www.santiebeati.it
