Saint Alphonsa was born Anna Muttathupadthuin in Travancore, India. She was a victim soul, suffering from various illnesses her whole life, starting at age 13 when she fell into a burning pit and damaged her feet for life. In 1930 she entered the Poor Clares and was trained as an educator yet couldn’t regularly teach because of sicknesses. She died of a tumor and is India’s first women saint, canonized after a child’s club foot was healed through her intercession.
