According to Realtà Sannita:
…Servant of God Maria Cristina of Savoy, wife of Ferdinand II and Queen of the Two Sicilies….was born in Cagliari in 1812 of Vittorio Emanuele I of Savoy and Maria Theresa. She died in the Royal Palace of Naples, due to post-partum infection, at the age of 23. The people acclaimed her as the “princess saint.”
At the Royal Palace of Naples she prayed the Rosary daily.
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Maria Cristina of Savoy, the “Princess Saint”
