Maria Angela Picco

Maria Angela Picco (8 November 1867 – 7 September 1921) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious of the Little Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

She assumed the new name of "Anna Eugenia" upon making her solemn profession and held various leadership positions until her death.

She lived under the belief her father had died despite the fact it was under suspicious circumstances while he and his wife had been in the United States of America.

[1][2] Picco served as the archivist and novice mistress in the congregation and ascended to the position of Superior General in June 1911.

Theologians began the process of evaluating her writings on 24 March 1947,[5] and approved them as being in line with the magisterium of the faith on 6 June 1963.

The process was ratified in Rome on 14 March 1986 and allowed for the postulation to submit the Positio to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 1987 for further assessment.

The Rome-based medical board granted assent to the healing on 3 December 1998 while consulting theologians also approved it on 23 March 1999.