Maria Domenica Lazzeri

Maria Domenica Lazzeri (1815–1848) also known as "la Meneghina" was an Italian mystic. The cause for her beatification was started in 1995.

Maria Domenica Lazzeri

Life

Maria Domenica Lazzeri was born on 16 May 1815 in Capriana, Italy.[1] She is known as "l'addolorata di Capriana" ("the sorrowful woman of Capriana"). After her father's death in 1829, her health began to deteriorate, and as of 1833 she became bedridden. According to her physician, she ate and drank nothing for the last 14 years of her life except for receiving Holy Communion.[2] In 1835 she received the stigmata, and shortly after, the crown of thorns. She is frequently depicted with her hands joined bleeding as she lays upon her bed. She died on 4 April 1848. Her cause for beatification was formally reopened in 1995 and she was declared venerable in 2023.

References
  1. "Her Life". amicidellameneghina.it. Amici Della Meneghina. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  2. Women and self-sacrifice in the Christian church by Ida Magli, 2003, page 122. ISBN 0-7864-1407-3

Sources
  • Pino Loperfido (2020). La manutenzione dell'universo: il curioso caso di Maria Domenica Lazzeri [The maintenance of the universe: the curious case of Maria Domenica Lazzeri] (in Italian) (3 ed.). Trento: Curcu & Genovese. ISBN 978-88-6876-246-9. OCLC 1352502568.
  • Guido Sommavilla Maria Domenica Lazzeri San Paolo Press 1996 ISBN 88-215-3146-5
  • mystics of the church
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