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St. Frances Cabrini (1850-1917) is known as the patron of immigrants. Her feast day is celebrated on November 13. Mother Cabrini founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1880. She established schools, housing, and hospitals. Although she initially intended to go to China, she arrived in the United States in 1889 and worked among Italian immigrants who entered the U.S.A. in significant numbers at the turn of the 19th century. She also worked in Chicago, California, and South America. Cabrini became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1909, beatified in 1938 and canonized by Pius XII in 1946. She is the first naturalized U.S. citizen to have been declared a saint. The National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini in Chicago was dedicated in 1955. A portrait of St. Frances Cabrini is depicted on a €0,95 stamp holding a lamp designed in the shape of a boat, with the flame representing hope for the traveler on the way to an unknown destination. The stamp was printed in sheets of ten and was designed by Czech artist Marina Richterová, who previously designed Vatican City stamps marking Shakespeare and Pope Innocent III. Technical Details: Scott Catalogue - 1657 - 1657 Date Issued - 07 September 2017 Face Value - €0,95 Perforations - 13.66 x 13.77 Printing Process - Offset Printer - Printex (Malta) Max Printed - 120,000 |
| (Source: Vatican Notes, Volume 65, Issue 374, pp. 4-6, 2017) |
