Veronica Giuliani
Veronica Giuliani (* December 27, 1660 as Orsola Giuliani in Mercatello sul Metauro near Urbino ; † July 9, 1727 near Perugia ) was a nun in the order of the Capuchins and is a saint of the Catholic Church.
Life
When Orsola Giuliani was a child, her mother died. Orsola Giuliani felt drawn to the poor at an early age and wanted to dedicate her life to God. Although her father pushed her to marry, she refused. However, she received his permission to enter a monastery . At the age of 16 Orsola entered the novitiate of the convent of the Capuchin Poor Clares of Città di Castello near Perugia in Umbria and was given the religious name Veronica for clothing . According to previous visions of the cross and the cup of passion of Christ, Veronica is said to have received stigmata in the form of the crown of thorns on Good Friday 1694 .
After being denounced by fellow sisters, she was interrogated and tortured by the Inquisition but was never tried because there was no evidence to back up the allegations against her.
In 1688 she was appointed novice mistress of the convent. She held this office for 34 years. From 1716 she was elected abbess several times . From 1693 until her death in 1727 she wrote down her mystical experiences at night, which is why almost 22,000 handwritten pages and 443 letters have been preserved from her. Pope Gregory XVI she canonized in 1839 . In 1978 a commission proposed that she be promoted to Doctor of the Church .
Commemoration
Her feast day in the Catholic Church is July 9th , in the Franciscan Order July 10th. She is often represented with the attributes , the crown of thorns and her heart in hands, which bears an imprint of the cross of Christ, or with the crucifix (a common attribute of the devotees ), which she presses to her heart.
literature
- Ekkart Sauser : Veronica (Orsola) Giuliani. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 1277
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filippo M. Salvatori, The Life of the Holy Virgin Veronica Giuliani (Juliani): Superior of the Capuchin Sisters in the Monastery of St. Clare at Citta di Castello, who was beatified in 1802 by Pope Pius VII, and in 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI. was canonized , Verlag Johannes Georg Schmitz, Cologne, 1841
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giuliani, Veronica |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giuliani, Orslo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | catholic saints |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1660 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mercatello |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1727 |
| Place of death | at Perugia |