DIOMIRA MARIA OF THE INCARNATE WORD, Venerable. — Capuchin Poor Clare nun, in the world Maria Teresa Serri, born in Genoa on 27 February 1708 to Swiss parents, died at Fanano (Modena) on 14 January 1768. She entered the monastery at Fanano (Modena) in October 1730, where she served as novice mistress and superior.
A precious spiritual document is her autobiography, written at the order of her confessor. The cause of beatification was introduced by Leo XIII on 21 December 1901.
BIBL.: Vita della ven. sr. M. D. del V. I., cappuccina professa del monastero di Fanano, scritta da lei medesima, Bologna 1877, Roma 1916; F. Haas, Leben der Dienerin Gottes Schüster M. D. Kapuzinerin, Ratisbona 1891; Vita sev. de Di. M. D. a V. I. synopsis, in Anal. Ord. Min. Cap., 18 (1902), pp. 45-49; C. Pini, Life of the Venerable M. D., vers. ingl. Felice da Mareto