Feastday:
May 29
Profile
Religious upbringing. Initially sent to a convent at
age 14, she was taken back home by her family who opposed her religious
vocation and wanted her to marry well. They eventually gave in, and
Catherine became a Discalced Carmelite
@ 16. Mystic.
Led a hidden life of prayer and self-denial, praying particularly for the
renewal of the Church and encouraging the sisters in holiness. Her life
was marked by many extraordinary graces.
Born
1566 @ Florence,
Italy
as Catherine
Died
25
May 1607
Canonized
1669 by Pope
Clement IX
Patronage
bodily ills,
sexual temptation
sick people,
sickness
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