[2] When Gallo was sixteen, her father attempted to force her into a marriage with a young man of means who was seeking her hand.

[4] She took as her spiritual director, the Franciscan friar, John Joseph of the Cross, while her confessor was the Barnabite priest, Francis Xavier Bianchi, and she began to be known among her neighbors for her work of charity, helping the poor of the sector.

In 1753 she joined with another Franciscan tertiary, known only as Maria Felice, and they moved into a small house owned by a priest, Giovanni Pessiri, who became their spiritual director.

[6] Gallo was buried in the Franciscan Church of Santa Lucia al Monte in Naples, which she attended during her life.

The residents credit her intercession with the little damage the sector endured during World War II, when over 100 bombs were dropped on it.

[7] Pope Pius IX, who canonized Gallo, declared her to be a patroness of expectant mothers and of women having difficulty conceiving.