CATHERINE OF RACCONIGI, Blessed. - Dominican, b. at Racconigi to Giorgio de Mattei and Biblia de Ferrari in 1486, d. at Caramagna on 4 September 1547. At the age of 13 she consecrated herself to the Lord with a vow of virginity, and at 28 she entered the Dominican Third Order, leading there a life of penance and reparation for sinners.
The Lord adorned her with many mystical gifts, such as visions, prophecies, stigmata, and miracles. She was therefore powerful in works of zeal, converted countless souls, and was held in great veneration, so much so that Giovanni F. Pico della Mirandola, nephew of the great humanist, wrote her life while she was still alive. In 1548 her body was transferred to Garessio, to the church of the Dominicans, and her cult spread rapidly. Racconigi, freed three times from the plague through her intercession, in 1836 erected a graceful church to her. In various places in Piedmont she is venerated as patroness of the makers and workers of ribbons. Pius VII confirmed her cult on 9 April 1808, extending it to Turin, Saluzzo, Mondovì and to the Order of St. Dominic.
Bibliography3 worksAnnée dominicaine, Sept., part 1, Lyon 1900, pp. 135-157; G. Gallo, La b. C., in Miscell. di st. eccl. e teologia positiva, 2 (1904), pp. 18
BIBL.:Année dominicaine, Sept., part 1, Lyon 1900, pp. 135-157; G. Gallo, La b. C., in Miscell. di st. eccl. e teologia positiva, 2 (1904), pp. 185-91; M. C. De Ganay, Les bienheureuses dominicaines, Paris 1913, pp. 475-502. For a more complete bibliography, cf. I. Taurisano, Catalogus hagiograph. O. P., Rome 1918 (see index).
Lenzetti, Benedetto. “Caterina da Racconigi, beata.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1149. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/caterina-da-racconigi-beata.
MLA
Lenzetti, Benedetto. “Caterina da Racconigi, beata.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1149. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/caterina-da-racconigi-beata.
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@incollection{ec3_caterina_da_racconigi_beata,
author = {Lenzetti, Benedetto},
title = {Caterina da Racconigi, beata},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {1149},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/caterina-da-racconigi-beata}
}
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