Florence chose as her patron saint Gemma Galgani, an Italian woman who died early in the 1900s. One of her visions before she died was that a shrine would be built just outside the walls of Lucca ... of course, that vision came to pass (!) and her body is entombed in said shrine.
There was no way we could be so close and not go visit Gemma!
The day we left Lucca, we drove via her shrine and spent some time visiting with her and looking at the artifacts that they had displayed in the immaculata shop.
Love,
Alexandra
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