 Her order became tasked with aiding the ill across Como and the smallpox epidemic in 1871 thrust them into action though later claimed Franchi's life sometime later.Franchi's beatification was celebrated on 20 September 2014.Giovannina Franchi was born on 24 June 1807 in Como as the second of seven children to the magistrate Giovanni Franchi and Giuseppina Maza; she was born into one of Como's wealthiest families.