Precious Blood Cemetery in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

While the precious Blood Cemetery has many modest headstones, there are a handful that rivals some of the greatest works of granite artwork created. One of the most notable burial sites inside the cemetery is the Aram Pothier’s family mausoleum. Pothier was a six-time governor of Rhode Island and served numerous terms until his death in 1928. He was once the town’s most notable resident. Also buried in the cemetery is Canadian-American Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatist Marie Rose Ferron. For much of Ferron’s life, it’s said wounds associated with the…

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