BAGNESI, MARIA BARTOLOMEA, beata. - Born in Florence on 15 Aug. 1514, died there on 28 May 1577. A strange illness kept her immobilized for almost forty-five years. Around 1547 she took the habit of a Dominican tertiary, remaining however in her family. She endured physical ailments and spiritual trials with heroic patience; and she also carried out a vast work of charity and apostolate toward all who visited her. Directed in her religious life by the Dominicans and by a pious priest, Antonio Campi, she received communion almost daily, often tolerating no other sustenance. Because of the relations she had during her life with the Carmelite monastery of S. Maria degli Angeli, she was buried there. St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, who entered it some years later, was particularly devoted to her. Some letters of the blessed are preserved, whose cult was approved by Pius VII on 11 July 1804. She is commemorated on 28 May.

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BIBL.: [F. Bagnesi], Vita della b. M. B. B. nobile fiorentina del Terz'Ordine di S. Domenico, scritta da un sacerdote della Compagnia di Gesù, Parma 1804.

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Bagnesi, Maria Bartolomea, Blessed

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