Saint mary magdalene de pazzi biography
St mary magdalene de pazzi.
Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi
16th- and 17th-century Italian Carmelite mystic and saint
Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, OCarm (Italian: Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi; born Caterina Lucrezia de' Pazzi; 2 April 1566 – 25 May 1607), was an Italian Carmelitenun and mystic.
She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
Saint mary magdalene de pazzi biography
Life
De' Pazzi was born at Florence, Italy, on 2 April 1566,[1] to Camillo di Geri de' Pazzi, a member of one of the wealthiest and most distinguished noble families of Renaissance Florence, and Maria Buondelmonti.
She was christened Caterina Lucrezia, but in the family was called with her second name, out of respect for her paternal grandmother, Lucrezia Mannucci.[2]
At the age of nine de' Pazzi was taught how to meditate by the family chaplain, using a then-recently published work explaining how one should meditate on the Passion of Christ.
Years later, this book was one of the items she brought with her to the monastery.[2] Arou