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St. Catherine de' Ricci,
O.P. (
April 23,
1522 -
February 1,
1590) is an
Italian Catholic saint.
Born in
Florence, she was born
Alessandra Lucrezia Romola de' Ricci. At age 6, her father put her in the
Monticelli convent near their home where she received an education. After a short time outside the convent, at 14, she went to the
Dominican convent of
San Vincenzo (St. Vincent) in
Prato,
Tuscany. By age 25, she'd risen to the post of perpetual
prioress. She lived at San Vincenzo until her death in
1590 after a prolonged illness.
As the perpetual prioress of San Vincenzo, she developed into an effective and greatly admired administrator. She was an advisor on various topics to princes, bishops and cardinals. She corresponded with three men who were destined to become popes
Pope Marcellus II,
Pope Clement VIII, and
Pope Leo XI. An expert on
religion,
management and
administration, her advice was eagerly sought. She gave counsel both in person and through writing letters. It is reported that she was extremely effective and efficient in her work, managing her priorities very well.
It is claimed that her meditation on the passion of Christ was so deep that she spontaneously bled as though scourged, and that a coral ring appeared at times of deep prayer on her finger (representing her marriage to Christ under the covenant of being a nun.) She was a very prayerful person from a very young age.
It is reported that she wore a
"sharp iron chain" about her neck, engaged in extreme fasting and other forms of self punishment. Whether her
stigmata were miraculously created, or were the result of self injury while in a state of religious ecstasy is a matter of faith.
One of the miracles that was documented for her canonization was her appearance many hundreds of miles away from where she was physically located.
She was canonized under Pope
Pope Benedict XIV in
1746. Her
feast day is
February 13.
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