She was born on January 23, 1838 to father Peter Koob and mother Barbara Witzenbatcher, in a place that is now in Germany but the family later migrated to New York. Her baptismal name was Maria Anna Barbara Koob. When her father became invalid suddenly, she went to factory work to support the family, since she was the elder child in the family.
She became member of the Sisters of Saint Francis of Syracuse, New York. She was helping lepers for many years on the island of Hawaii, even though she was having direct touch with lepers for a long time, she was not afflicted by that disease. She died on August 9, 1918. In the year 1993, one Katherine Dehlia Mohoney was cured from multiple organ failure after praying to Blessed Mother Marianne Cope.
She was beatified on May 14,2005 by Pope Benedict-XVI and announced officially on February 18,2012 that Marianne will be canonized on October 21,2012. She is a patron of lepers.
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