Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception
First Catholic saint from India
Died when: 35 years 343 days (431 months)Star Sign: Leo
Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception or Saint Alphonsa, christened at birth as Anna Muttathupadathu (19 August 1910– 28 July 1946), was a nun and an educator by vocation (profession).
She was also known for being a victim soul, visionary and prophetess in the Kottayam pergunna of the erstwhile Travancore province of British India, in the present-day Kerala, India.
She is the first woman of Indian origin to be canonised as a saint after decades of enquiry by the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints, she is also the first saint of the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic community of Eastern Christianity.
In the 1990s, a postal stamp commemorating Alphonsa was published by Kerala state's former minister, K Karunakaran.
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