Biography of the Servant of GOD Luisa Piccarreta.
Luisa Piccarreta
the Little Daughter of the Divine Will
(1865-1947)
The Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta was born in the city of Corato, in the province of Bari, Italy, in the morning of April 23, 1865 on Low Sunday (the first Sunday after Easter Sunday and the Feast day of the Divine Mercy), and she was baptized on the same afternoon. She lived her whole life there, and there she died a holy death on March 4, 1947. She was born to Mrs. Rosa Tarantino and Mr. Vito Nicola Piccarreta, who worked for a property of the Mastrorilli family. When she was little, Luisa was bashful and timid; nevertheless, she was lively and joyful. She would run and skip; and as she herself says, she even used to play pranks sometimes.
When she was 9 years old on Low Sunday “in Albis” of 1874, she received her First Holy Communion and on the same day she also received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Since she was little, she showed a strong desire to spend long …More