Saint Gianna Molla: Wife, Mother, Doctor Discontinued art history

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The Seated Donkey rests peacefully on a grassy base

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Saint Gianna Molla: Wife, Mother, Doctor Discontinued art historyThis is the inspiring story of a canonized contemporary woman. Gianna Molla (1923 1962) risked her life in order to save her unborn child. Diagnosed with uterine tumors during her fourth pregnancy, she refused a hysterectomy that would have aborted the child, and opted for a riskier surgery in an attempt to save the baby. Herself a medical doctor, Molla did give birth to the child, but succumbed to an infection. An Italian woman who loved skiing,