This Saint Gianna Beretta Molla prayer candle honors the Italian pediatrician and mother who gave her life for her daughter, shown here with her husband Pietro. It is a meaningful Catholic gift for mothers, expectant mothers, and physicians.
About Saint Gianna. Gianna Beretta Molla was born on October 4, 1922, in Magenta, Italy, and became a pediatrician. She married the engineer Pietro Molla on September 24, 1955. In 1961, during her fourth pregnancy, doctors found a fibroma. She chose the surgery that would protect her child. Her daughter Gianna Emanuela was born on April 21, 1962, and Gianna died a week later, on April 28, at age 39.
Pope John Paul II canonized her on May 16, 2004. She is a patron of mothers, wives, physicians, families, and the unborn. Pietro Molla is not a canonized saint.
Choose this candle for an expectant mother, a baby shower or baptism, a pediatrician or a nurse, or a couple praying for their family.
About this candle
This 13.75 oz scented soy candle comes in a reusable glass jar printed with a devotional image of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla and Pietro Molla. It is made with a 100% natural soy wax blend and a 100% cotton wick, and burns for about 70 to 80 hours. Choose one of three scents: Comfort Spice, Sea Breeze, or Vanilla Bean. It is a simple, quiet way to set a candle beside your icon corner, prayer table, nightstand, or bookshelf.
Care instructions
Never leave a burning candle unattended, and keep it away from children, pets, and anything flammable. Trim the wick to 1/4 inch before each lighting. Burn for 3 to 4 hours at a time, and stop using the candle when 1/2 inch of wax remains.
This Saint Gianna Beretta Molla prayer candle honors the Italian pediatrician and mother who gave her life for her daughter, shown here with her husband Pietro. It is a meaningful Catholic gift for mothers, expectant mothers, and physicians.
About Saint Gianna. Gianna Beretta Molla was born on October 4, 1922, in Magenta, Italy, and became a pediatrician. She married the engineer Pietro Molla on September 24, 1955. In 1961, during her fourth pregnancy, doctors found a fibroma. She chose the surgery that would protect her child. Her daughter Gianna Emanuela was born on April 21, 1962, and Gianna died a week later, on April 28, at age 39.
Pope John Paul II canonized her on May 16, 2004. She is a patron of mothers, wives, physicians, families, and the unborn. Pietro Molla is not a canonized saint.
Choose this candle for an expectant mother, a baby shower or baptism, a pediatrician or a nurse, or a couple praying for their family.
About this candle
This 13.75 oz scented soy candle comes in a reusable glass jar printed with a devotional image of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla and Pietro Molla. It is made with a 100% natural soy wax blend and a 100% cotton wick, and burns for about 70 to 80 hours. Choose one of three scents: Comfort Spice, Sea Breeze, or Vanilla Bean. It is a simple, quiet way to set a candle beside your icon corner, prayer table, nightstand, or bookshelf.
Care instructions
Never leave a burning candle unattended, and keep it away from children, pets, and anything flammable. Trim the wick to 1/4 inch before each lighting. Burn for 3 to 4 hours at a time, and stop using the candle when 1/2 inch of wax remains.
