From the The Fragments of Local Stories (Marianopoli 1900-1950)...

Angelina LoDico, Giuseppe LoDico's daughter, [my 3rd cousin, once removed], was born in Marianopoli in 1900. Her father Giuseppe ran the town's only pharmacy. Giuseppe's wife, Angelina Immordino, was a teacher from Villalba.  (The LoDicos are described as one of the most educated families of the time.)  Young Angelina was very religious. Her uncle the priest molded and encouraged Angelina, and she was completely dedicated to God and belonged to numerous religious groups.  When she was 21, she was sent to Tinchi, near Pisticci, in the province of Matera to teach school.  Living in a little room attached to a school that used to be a barn, she prayed all night, and during the day, she taught her students and led them in prayer.  On Sundays she walked all the way to Pisticci (11 kms) because there was no Mass in Tinchi.  The people of Tinchi admired her spirituality so much, they walked to mass with her.  But she was disturbed that many peasants could not do this, and she worked hard to persuade Pisticci's priest to say mass at the schoolhouse, comparing it to the barn in Bethlehem.  She became determined to build a little chapel in Tinchi, and she had her students pile up stones and bricks and straw near the school.  But she had no money to pay workers to build a chapel.  She began working in the fields gathering greens to sell in Pisticci on Sundays, along with the few eggs her students were able to give her.  On Palm Sunday in 1929, The Chapel of Christ the King (Cappella a Cristo Re) was inaugurated.  With her missionary spirit, Angelina continued walking all through the area and in all kinds of weather to talk about God and minister to the sick.  A great many were afflicted with tuberculosis and malaria, and they took comfort from her.  Also, she was the only person in the area who knew how to give inoculations.  One day, she heard about a young man who was homeless and close to death from fever.  Angelina gave up her bed to him, and slept on a bench in the schoolhouse.  To those who called this imprudent, she said, "Might Jesus not have been in this sick young man?"  Some time later, a young girl sick with with "tisi" (tuberculosis) came to town, and Angelina took her in and nursed her till she could take care of herself.
This may have caused the illness that eventually killed her.  She was forced to return home to her family in Marianopoli in 1930.  She died in her mother's arms in 1932.
In Tinchi she is remembered as "the teacher saint."  The townspeople put a commemorative plaque about her on the wall of the chapel, which is now called Cappella LoDico.

In 2004 the people of Marianopoli petitioned the Vatican to ask permission to begin the beatification process to have Angelina LoDico become a Saint. The Vatican gave its permission later that year. Currently the only obstacle in the process is locating Angelina's grave and separating her remains for sainthood. Unfortunately the old cemetery was dug up shortly after World War II and Angelina's remains are commingled with too many other graves for proper identification.

Undaunted, the people of Marianopoli consider Angelina LoDico their 'Maestra e Madre'. A side altar in the Church of San Prospero is dedicated to her. In 2005 they dedicated the Piazzale at the new cemetery to Angelina LoDico.