Camilla Battista Varano
Camilla Battista Varano (born April 9, 1458 in Camerino , Marken ; † May 31, 1524 ibid) was an Italian clarissess and mystic . She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church .
Life
Camilla Varano was a princess, the daughter of the Duke of Camerino and the former general commander of the Venetians Giulio Cesare da Varano . Very early on she developed a deep relationship with the suffering of Jesus . This is also what her later writings deal with, without the one for St. Margareta Maria Alacoque to develop characteristic atonement thoughts . Through her writings, many of which are still unpublished, she paved the way for the modern devotion to the Sacred Heart .
On November 14, 1481 Camilla Varano entered the Poor Clare Monastery in Urbino and received the religious name Battista. In 1484 she moved to the new Poor Clare Monastery of Santa Chiara in her native town of Camerino, which her father had founded, and was elected abbess there in 1499 . In 1502, her father and three brothers were murdered by Cesare Borgia . In 1505 Sr. Battista founded a monastery in Fermo at the request of Pope Julius II , but returned to Camerino two years later, where she remained abbess until her death from the plague. The funeral ceremonies took place in the ducal palace. Sr. Battista is buried in the choir of Santa Chiara in Camerino.
Pope Gregory XVI she beatified on April 7, 1843 . The canonization of Camilla Battista Varano by Pope Benedict XVI. took place on October 17th, 2010. Her feast day in the liturgy is May 31st .
Works
- The spiritual life (Vita spirituale)
- Teaching a Disciple (Istruzioni al discepolo)
- Memories of Jesus (I ricordi di Gesú)
- Our Lord's Souls: viewed from the Blessed Baptista Varani, from the Order of St. Clara (Dolori mentali die Gesú nella sua Passione), Innsbruck 1872
- Letter for the spiritual father (Lettera al padre spirituale)
literature
- Ferdinand Holböck : Look to the pierced . Stein am Rhein (Christiana) 1990, pages 174-177, ISBN 3-7171-0924-3
- Gottfried Egger (Ed.), It began with a tear ... Life and writings of St. Camilla Battista von Varano OSC , Heiligenkreuz 2012, ISBN 978-3-902694-36-2
Web links
- Santi e Beati (Italian)
- The abbess of S. Chiara in Camerino, Chiara Laura Serboli, on the 550 year of the birth of the blessed (Italian)
- Homily of Pope Benedict XVI. at canonization
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Varano, Camilla Battista |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian blessed, virgin and mystic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1458 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Camerino |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 31, 1524 |
| Place of death | Camerino |