Euphrasia Eluvathingal

She was born Rosa Eluvathingal on 17 October 1877 in a Syro Malabar Church Nasrani family in Kattoor, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur district, in Kerala.

She endeavoured to lead a life of constant prayer and of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, becoming known to many people as the Praying Mother.

[3] Thomas Tharakan from Anchery in Ollur, a furniture polishing worker, was diagnosed with cancer by the Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute in Thrissur.

Her case was submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Rome, on 20 April 1994, and on 5 July 2002 Pope John Paul II declared her "Venerable".

[10][11][12][13] She was beatified on 3 December 2006 in St. Anthony's Forane Church, Ollur,[1] with the declaration of the Major Archbishop, Varkey Vithayathil, on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI.

At a special Mass held at St Peter's Square at Vatican City on 23 November 2014, Pope Francis canonised Euphrasia as a saint.