Giovanna Maria Bonomo (15 August 1606 – 1 March 1670) was an Italian

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nun who was a professed member of the

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. She was ridiculed for her dedication and her experiences as some believed them to be heretical or a need for attention. She was beatified in 1783 after the recognition of two miracles that were found to have been attributed to her intercession.

Life

Giovanna Maria Bonomo was born on 15 August 1606 in

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to Giovanni Bonomo. Her mother died when she was six in 1612. Her father took her to a

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in 1615 where she was educated. The Poor Clares in

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educated her and she studied

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. She received her

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at the age of nine. At the age of twelve she informed her father of her intention to become a nun and to remain in Trent. He at first was opposed but he relented after a short time. She entered a

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convent on 21 June 1621. She became a Benedictine nun in Bassano on 8 September 1622 and fell into an ecstatic state for the first time at her profession celebration. She was also believed to have obtained the stigmata. She served as a novice mistress and later as a prioress. She also served as an abbess three times. She taught that holiness did not consist in great things but rather in simple and common things. She died on 1 March 1670 with a formidable reputation for holiness.

Beatification

The beatification process started in Vicenza on 1 September 1699 under Pope Innocent XII which conferred upon her the title of

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. The local process closed in mid 1704 and was validated before it was evaluated in

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recognized her life of heroic virtue and proclaimed her to be

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on 21 December 1758.

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approved two miracles attributed to her intercession in mid 1780 and beatified her on 9 June 1783. To celebrate this event, some Benedictine monks from Perugia composed poems in honor of Bonomo.

References

External links

Hagiography Circle

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