United with the suffering of Christ for the salvation of her brothers and sisters

Benedetta Bianchi Porro was born on August 8, 1936, in Dovadola, in the province of Forlì, the firstborn child of engineer Guido Bianchi Porro and homemaker Elsa Giammarchi. Although the delivery was normal, it involved severe hemorrhaging that led her mother to have her baptized immediately, giving her the name Benedetta.