Lucy Filippini ( it, Santa Lucia Filippini; 13 January 1672 – 25 March 1732) is venerated as a

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. She founded ''the Institute of the Maestre Pie'', dedicated to the education of young girls.

Life

Lucy Filippini was born on 13 January 1672 in Corneto-Tarquinia. She was the fifth and youngest child of Filippo Filippini and Maddalena Picchi. She was

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at an early age. At the age of six, she went to live with her aristocratic aunt and uncle who encouraged her religious inclination by entrusting her education to the Benedictine nuns at Santa Lucia."The Life of St. Lucy Filippini", St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Philadelphia
/ref> Her career began under the patronage of Cardinal

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, who entrusted her with the work of founding schools for young women, especially the poor. With Rose Venerini to train school teachers, she co-founded with

the Pious Teachers (

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), a group dedicated to the education of girls. The young ladies of Montefiascone were taught domestic arts, weaving, embroidering, reading, and Christian doctrine. Twelve years later the Cardinal devised a set of rules to guide Lucy and her followers in the religious life. Fifty-two schools were established during Lucy's lifetime. Pope

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, in 1707, called Lucy to Rome to start schools which he placed under his special protection. She died of breast cancer in 1732, aged 60, at Montefiascone.

Veneration

Lucy Filippini was canonized 22 June 1930. Her statue can be seen in the first upper niche from the main entrance on the left (south) side of the nave of

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. Her feast day is 25 March.

References

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External links

Profile
catholic.org; accessed 31 October 2014.

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