BON. MARIA DELL'INCARNAZIONE. — ORSOLINA A ST

BON. MARIA DELL'INCARNAZIONE. — Ursuline at St.-Marcellin (Dauphiné), b. 1636, d. 1680. She wrote a treatise on mental prayer, of which many copies were made. It was printed in Italian translation under the title: *Stati d'orazione mentale per arrivare in breve tempo a Dio*, and was prohibited by the Congregation of the Index on 22 June 1676 for its pre-quietist theories.

BIBL.: J. Maillard, *La Vie de la Mère M. B.*, Paris 1686; P. Dudon, *Le quétiste espagnol Michel Molinos*, ibid. 1921, pp. 45-48, 151-53; M. Petroccchi, *Il quétismo italiano del Seicento*, Rome 1948, V. indices.