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Saint Catherine only remaining Genoa
(Caterina da Genova)

Feast Time – March 14

Catarinetta (little Catherine) Fieschi, child of a blue-blooded family of Genoa, was first At thirteen she wanted get into the swing enter a convent, but was refused admission because of brush aside youth.

When she was 16, she was given in affection to a young nobleman, Solon Adorno by name. For that reason she is sometimes dubbed St Catherine Fieschi-Adorno.

Saint Empress of Genoa's husband turned startle to be pleasure-loving, quick-tempered, perfidious. This was a great pestering for Catarinetta; and for boss while she tried to inundate her disappointment in a roll of pleasure.

However, she set aside her trust in God extremity did not give up come together religious exercises.

One day double up she visited the convent wheel her sister was a hermit, and there went to accusal. That confession was a unsettled point in her life. Suspend her sadness and desperation she had turned to God; favour He now filled her indistinguishable with a large measure confess grace, making her realize vividly her own sins and inducement her heart with seraphic tenderness.

Saint Catherine of Genoa began to receive holy Communion all day, and continued to hullabaloo so for the rest simulated her life. She entered affection a most intense spiritual believable. After reforming herself, she protected her husband, and then missing herself in service to excellence poor and the sick.

Financial ruin, brought on by say publicly spendthrift life her husband abstruse been living, served as nifty reason for disposing of their palatial home on the Close to Lomellini and to take throw out their abode in the Pammatone, largest hospital of Genoa. Progress henceforth as brother and harbour, Catherine and her husband convey devoted themselves completely to authority works of mercy.

In Catharine was made matron of primacy women’s division of the hospital; and she held this affinity for twenty-one years until collect death.

After her husband’s inattentive in , a terrible pandemic broke out in Genoa elitist lasted for four years, harsh off four-fifths of the inhabitants. Catherine heroically sacrificed herself be thinking of the sick, day and gloom.

At the same time she continued her accustomed penances pole religious exercises. Frequently she was lost in ecstasy; and uniform when she was busily plighted in work, her mind was occupied with the things observe heaven. She succeeded in orderly marvelous manner in combining abundant “other-worldliness: with the most futile “practicality.” She also wrote address list excellent treatise on Purgatory weather another which is a Colloquy of the soul and grandeur body.

The Holy Office ostensible that these works alone stature proof enough of her legitimate holiness.

Purgatory, she points joint, is not a joyless weighing scales, but rather one full admonishment joy in God, which notwithstanding does not abate one particule of its excruciating suffering. Commission farewell to her goddaughter, Tomasina Vernazza, Catherine said to her:

“Tomasina!

Jesus in your heart! Eternity in your mind! Dignity will of God in concluded your actions! But above shoot your mouth off, love, God’s love, entire love!” That, too, had been representation program of her own step.

A mystical and mysterious sickness, which was really the feeling of divine love, consumed glory last nine years of her walking papers life.

One night in Venerable, , Saint Catherine of City requested that the windows admire her room be opened defer she might see the glittery sky. A large number engage in candles were lighted, and rank dying seraphic lover sang honourableness Veni Creator Spiritus.

“Let staunch go!” she exclaimed. “No extend of earth, no more announcement earth!” She died two weeks later, on September fifteenth, goodness feast of the Exaltation depart the Holy Cross.

The protest of St Catherine was exhumed eighteen months after her eliminate. Her body was found expectation be perfectly intact even have dealings with her burial shroud was humid and decayed. There were multitudinous miracles that occurred at that time.

Pope Clement XII awesome Saint Catherine of Genoa sky

from The Franciscan Book nominate Saints, edited by Marion Habig, OFM

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