Mystery AtlasMaria De Vito
Pharmacist whose 1919 testimony, uncovered in the Vatican archives by Sergio Luzzatto, describes selling Padre Pio four grams of carbolic acid without a prescription; Padre Pio asked her to keep the sale quiet and said the acid was for sterilising needles during the influenza epidemic.
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Maria De Vito is associated with Padre Pio — Sold Padre Pio four grams of carbolic acid without a prescription in 1919, according to her own later testimony; he asked her to keep the sale quiet and said the acid was for sterilising needles during the influenza epidemic.
Documents & Sources
- Padre Pio: Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age2007 (Italian); 2010 (English translation)
Maria De Vito is mentioned in Padre Pio: Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age — Her 1919 testimony describing the carbolic-acid sale surfaced in the Vatican-archive material Luzzatto published in 2007.