This is the house where St Gemma spent the last four years of her life. Visit the Crucifix which lovingly embraced St Gemma. See where she sat when she ate with the family.  Visit the well in the garden which she threw herself into to avoid temptation.

 

 

 

Gianinni family house where St Gemma lived the last 3 years of her holy life

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dining room in the Gianinni house

 

 

 

 

 

St Gemma’s seat at the dining table

 

 

 

 

 

The crucifix that embraced St Gemma

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Chapel in the Giannini home

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Gemma would kneel and pray here

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Gemma’s bedroom in the Giannini home

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Gemma’s Autobiography that the Devil tried to burn

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Virgin Mary given to Gemma by Cecilia Giannini

 

 

 

 

 

The “Little Manger Shrine,” pictured here at the Giannini home, was where Gemma would place her written sealed letters which her Guardian Angel would take and then deliver to the intended person(s) throughout Italy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The study where St Gemma taught the young children

 

 

 

 

 

 

The piano St Gemma played

 

 

 

 

 

 

The garden viewed from the chapel

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Gemma used to sit here often when mending cloths

 

 

 

 

St Gemma threw herself into this well to overcome a temptation. It was during winter and the water was freezing. She was saved by an invisible hand.