Oringa Menabuoi

Oringa Menabuoi (* 1237 in Santa Croce sull'Arno ; † January 4, 1310 ibid), also mentioned as Oringa de 'Menabuoi , later Christiana von Santa Croce (German sometimes Christiana of the Holy Cross as a translation of the place name) or Christiana von Lucca ( Cristiana), was an Italian founder of the order and is a blessed of the Catholic Church.

Life

Oringa Menabuoi was the daughter of poor parents who died when she was still a child and she tended the cattle on the farm that belonged to her brothers. In 1259 she fled from a marriage arranged by her brothers to Lucca , where she became a maid for the Cortevecchia family. She spent a total of five years in Lucca. She prayed intensely and experienced ecstatic states. She later traveled as a faith healer in the area and came to Rome, where she was called Christiana. In 1277 she returned to her hometown and founded the monastery of Santa Maria Novella according to the Rule of Augustine , where she died in old age.

Oringa is primarily worshiped in her homeland, Tuscany . At first she turned to the Franciscan Order and carried out pilgrimages to the Portiuncula in Assisi . After her return to her home town in 1277, she turned to the Augustinian order during the tenure of Paganello da Porcari, Archbishop of Luca from 1274 to 1300 . Her feast day is January 4th . Her beatification was on June 15, 1776 by Pope Pius VI. approved.

literature

• Letizia Pellegrini:  MENABUOI, Oringa (Cristiana da Santa Croce). In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 73:  Meda-Messadaglia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2009.

Web links

• Beata Cristiana da Santa Croce (Oringa Menabuoi) at santiebeati.it (ital.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Letizia Pellegrini in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
2. ↑ Beata Cristiana Menabuoi da Santa Croce sull'Arno ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , santitoscani.it, accessed on March 15, 2014 (ital.)