[3] But drinking unsafe water after working in the fields caused great infirmities and often-violent convulsions that the populace believed her to be possessed.
Samà was healed after the convent's prior put her in front of a statue of Bruno of Cologne and lived in relative peace for a while before being bedridden with another illness that she never recovered from.
[1][2] Her mother tended to her until her death in 1920 at which point the populace as well as nuns and Redemptorist priests came to visit her to aid her and provide for her while also seeking her out for advice.
[2] The process culminated on 18 December 2017 after Pope Francis confirmed her heroic virtue and named her as Venerable as a result.
The pair were also pious and walked barefoot in summer and winter to attend Mass at their church; their clothing was also poor and was minimal more so in wintertime.
[1] Samà often accompanied a mule loaded with wheat to the mill and would bring it back to the village with sacks of flour which would be exchanged for a loaf of bread each week.
En route home she was in a section of land known as Briga and there decided to quench her thirst so bent to drink from a water puddle she thought was clean (but in all likelihood was contaminated).
To that end the prior ordered a servant to get a silver bust containing the cranium and bones of Saint Bruno of Cologne.
[1] The crowd were elated that Samà's condition was resolved so the box and her old clothes were burned to the side of the convent to demonstrate a rebirth and renewal.
People bought her food and cooked meals as well as oils and fruits to sustain her without causing her pain and intestinal complications.
The local priest would bring the Eucharist to her each morning as well as each noon and night at her request for she believed it bought her closer to Jesus.
[2] On 3 August 2003 her remains were relocated from the chapel of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart to a new special tomb constructed in the church of Santi Pietro e Paolo.
[1] The Calabrian episcopate voiced their approval in launching the cause for the canonization for Samà after a favorable vote was taken on 20 April 2007.
requested that another investigation into Samà's life be undertaken and the process was opened on 20 October 2011 and was closed a couple of months later on 31 January 2012.
Samà became titled as Venerable on 18 December 2017 after Pope Francis confirmed that she had lived a model life of heroic virtue.
Pope Francis signed a decree on 10 July 2020 confirming this healing as a miracle therefore enabling for Samà to be beatified in Catanzaro on 3 October 2021.