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Euphrasia Eluvathingal (born Rosa Eluvathingal; 17 October 1877 – 29 August 1952) was an Indian Carmelite nun of the Syro-Malabar Church, which is an Eastern Catholic Church in Kerala. Euphrasia is said to have had a vision of the Holy Family, at which point the illness she had long felt ceased. She was canonised as a saint by Pope Francis on 23 November 2014 in Vatican City. Since the beheading of St. John the Baptist is celebrated on 29 August, the feast of St. Euphrasia is moved to 30 August. She was born Rosa Eluvathingal on 17 October 1877 in a Syro Malabar Church Nasrani family in Kattoor, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur district, in Kerala. Religious life: Rose entered the boarding school of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel at Koonammavu, the first indigenous congregation of Syro-Malabars.[1] From 1904 to 1913 Sr Euphrasia served as novice mistress at St Joseph's Convent. From 1913 to 1916 she was Mother Superior of the Convent of St Mary at Ollur. She endeavoured to lead a life of constant prayer and of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, becoming known to many people as the Praying Mother.[2] She died on 29 August 1952. Miracles[edit] The bed where Euphrasia died in St Mary's convent, Ollur, Thrissur, shown in the museum. The first reported miracle was curing a carpenter from bone cancer.[3] Thomas Tharakan from Anchery in Ollur, a furniture polishing worker, was diagnosed with cancer by the Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute in Thrissur. Thomas was admitted to the hospital for one week. Later before the surgery, a scan by the doctor showed no sign of tumour, despite an earlier scan report showing clear evidence of a tumour. Thomas's sister, Rosy, later claimed that cure was the result of her prayer to Euphrasia. The second reported miracle happened to a seven-year-old child named Jewel from Aloor in Thrissur District. The child had a tumour in his neck which made it difficult for him to swallow any food. Doctors at Dhanya Hospital in Potta, Thrissur District, had said that this disease was incurable. As Jewel's family came from a poor background, their only option was to pray for divine intercession. After his grandmother prayed to Euphrasia, doctors noticed that his tumour began to shrink.[3] Dr Sasikumar of Dhanya Hospital examined him once again and found the tumour to have disappeared. Many other doctors examined the boy and stated that there was no medical basis for this event.