Her mother died when she was four in 1851 and she was sent to live with paternal relatives in Aosta (her grandfather and an unmarried aunt) and then with maternal relations in Donnas [REF].
She aided Saint Luigi Orione and also provided shelter to Blessed Teresa Grillo Michel and was later assigned as the Mistress of Novices at Borgaro Torinese and spent the remainder of her life there where she led 500 new sisters into religious life [REF].