“Credo, Domine! Credo, Domine!”

January 27, 2014

Those were the last recorded words of Queen Mary Christine before her death, on January 31, 1836, days after giving birth to her only son (the future Francis II, last King of the Two Sicilies). She believed in her Lord, Who welcomed her for all eternity.

(h/t Rorate Caeli)

Maria Cristina of Savoy, the "Princess Saint"

Maria Cristina of Savoy, the “Princess Saint”

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