Douceline by Digne

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Douceline von Digne (Fr. Douceline de Digne) (* around 1214 - † September 1, 1274 in Marseille ) was a Christian mystic who is venerated as a saint .

Life

Douceline was a daughter of the merchant Berengar from Digne in Provence , her brother and confessor was the Francican spiritualist Hugo von Digne . She first joined a convent of the Poor Clares in Genoa , but founded the first beguinage in Provence on the Robaut River near Hyères around 1240 . A second Béguinage was founded in 1255 in Marseille , where Douceline had previously followed her brother. Her life there was determined by the strictest asceticism, incessant prayer, fasting and self-torment up to ecstasy. Following the example of St. Francis of Assisi , she always wore a rope around her body.

Although Douceline, like her brother, adhered to the millenarian ideas of Joachim von Fiore , after their condemnation in 1255 by Pope Alexander IV, she was not exposed to any persecution. She died in Marseille and was buried there in the Franciscan Church at the side of her brother. Several miracles were reported at both tombs, adding to their sacred devotion. Because of this, St. Louis of Toulouse was later buried next to them. The church was demolished in 1524. The bones of Douceline and Hugo, along with others buried there, were transferred to the old cathedral in Marseille . When the western part of the cathedral was demolished in 1857 for the construction of the new cathedral, the remains of earlier bishops found there and with them those of Douceline and Hugo were placed in the altars of the new bishop's church. The Sainte-Douceline church dedicated to her was opened in Hyères in 1970 .

In 1297 she was given a vita ( Vida de la benaurada sancta Doucelina, mayre de las donnees de Robaut ) written in Provencal , which was probably written by her successor as head of the sisterhood, Philippine de Porcellet.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sainte Douceline - patronne of Hyérois

literature

  • R. Gout: La vie de sainte Douceline (Paris, 1927; translation of the Vida into French)
  • Anna Sisto: Figure del primo Francecanesimo in Provenza: Ugo e Douceline di Digne (Florence, 1971)
  • Ulrike Stölting: Christian women's mysticism in the Middle Ages (Mainz, 2005)

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personal data
SURNAME Douceline by Digne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Digne, Doucelin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Christian mystic
DATE OF BIRTH around 1214
PLACE OF BIRTH Digne
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1274
Place of death Marseille