Maria Domenica Lazzeri
Maria Domenica Lazzeri (1815–1848) also known as la Meneghina was an Italian mystic. The cause for her beatification was started in 1943.
Life
Maria Domenica Lazzeri was born on May 16, 1815, in Capriana, Italy.[1] She is known as “l'addolorata di Capriana” (“The sorrowful woman of Capriana”). After her father's death in 1829, her health began to deteriorate, and as of 1833 she became bedridden. According to her physician, she ate and drank nothing for the last 14 years of her life except for receiving Holy Communion.[2] In 1835 she received the stigmata, and shortly after, the crown of thorns. She is frequently depicted with her hands joined together bleeding as she lays upon her bed. She died on the 4th of April, 1848. Her cause for canonization was formally reopened in 1995 and she was declared Venerable in 2023.
References
- "Her Life". amicidellameneghina.it. Amici Della Meneghina. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- Women and self-sacrifice in the Christian church by Ida Magli, 2003, page 122. ISBN 0-7864-1407-3
Sources
- Guido Sommavilla Maria Domenica Lazzeri San Paolo Press 1996 ISBN 88-215-3146-5
- mystics of the church
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