Marital dialogue and dialogue with God in the lives of saints : Luigi and Maria Quattrocchi and Louis and Zelia Martin

The question of marital dialogue and relationship with God in the lives of Luigi and Maria Quattrocchi and Louis and Zelia Martin is the main research problem addressed in this paper. Both married couples were the first to be beatified and canonised in the history of the Catholic Church. The marital relationship is here approached from a psychological perspective while the relationship with God is analysed from a theological perspective. In order to study the aforementioned research problem, the author analyses letters or diaries of the saint couples and testimonies of their family members and friends. Dialogue with another human being (a spouse) and dialogue with God allowed them to pursue holiness in a consistent and conscious way.