Maria Domenica Lazzeri (1815–1848) also known as la Meneghina was an Italian
mystic. The cause for her
beatification
Beatification (from Latin ''beatus'', "blessed" and ''facere'', "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their nam ...
was started in 1943.
Life
Maria Domenica Lazzeri was born on May 16, 1815, in
Capriana
Capriana (''Caoriana'' in local dialect) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento.
Capriana borders the following municipalities: Montan, Tru ...
, Italy.
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.
[''Women and self-sacrifice in the Christian church'' by Ida Magli, 2003, page 122. ] 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 is currently styled ''Servant of God''.
See also
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Alexandrina of Balazar
Alexandrina Maria da Costa (30 March 1904 – 13 October 1955), best known as Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar, was a Portuguese mystic and victim soul, member of the Association of Salesian Cooperators, who was born and died in Balazar (a rur ...
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Anne Catherine Emmerich
Anne Catherine Emmerich (also ''Anna Katharina Emmerick''; 8 September 1774 – 9 February 1824) was a Roman Catholic Augustinians, Augustinian Canoness Regular of Congregation of Windesheim, Windesheim, mysticism, mystic, Blessed Virgin Mary (R ...
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Marie Rose Ferron
Marie Rose Ferron (24 May 1902 – 11 May 1936), often called the Little Rose, was a Canadian-American Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatist.
Ferron was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 2017.
Life
Ferron was born in ...
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Marthe Robin
Marthe Robin (13 March 1902 in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, Drôme, France – 6 February 1981 in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure) was a French Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatist and foundress of the Foyers de charité ("Charity homes") association. She ...
References
Sources
* Guido Sommavilla ''Maria Domenica Lazzeri'' San Paolo Press 1996
mystics of the church
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Italian Servants of God
Stigmatics
19th-century Christian mystics
Roman Catholic mystics
1848 deaths
1815 births
People from Trentino
Women mystics