Mother Mariana of the Purification
[SERPA, J. J. Gonçalves; ''Venerável Madre Mariana da Purificação: Carmelita Calçada de Beja''. Colecção: Almas heróicas de Beja; 230pp.; Gouveia: 1960.] (November 5, 1623 in
Lisbon
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– December 8, 1695 in
Beja) was a
nun of the
Carmelite Order of the Ancient Observance who, having been born in
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
,
Portugal, and lived and professed her religious vows at the Carmelite Convent of Our Lady of Hope in
Beja,
Portugal, died with the odor of sanctity.
During her life, she reported several apparitions of the
Child Jesus and left many autobiographical writings with ascetic interest.
In the 19th century,
Bishop Dom António Xavier de Sousa Monteiro made the exhumation of Mother Mariana's, previously analyzed and confirmed as
incorrupt by an inspection of
Fray Manuel of the Cenacle, and relocated it to the Church of Salvador, in
Beja, which is still in the side chapel of the main altar. In the 20th century, with the request of the parish priest and with the permission of Bishop Manuel dos Santos Rocha, the body was again exposed to public veneration. Currently it is covered. The only picture of it is in the Museum Church of Our Lady of Prazeres of Beja.
See also
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Carmelites
Notes
External links
Convent of the Carmelite nuns – Beja
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1623 births
1695 deaths
17th-century Christian mystics
Carmelite nuns
Roman Catholic mystics
Christian writers
17th-century Portuguese nuns
Venerated Catholics
Venerated Carmelites
Visions of Jesus and Mary
Incorrupt saints