LAMBERTINI, Imelda, Blessed. - Dominican, b. in Bologna around 1321-22, d. there on 12 May 1333.
Of the noble Lambertini family, she entered at the age of ten the monastery of St. Mary Magdalene of Valdipietra, outside the city walls. There occurred the well-known eucharistic miracle: it is related in fact that the young nun was insistently denied the Eucharist because of her tender age; but the Lord saw to it to give her communion with a miraculous Host. Then, having gathered herself in thanksgiving, she was found lifeless. The accounts reported above come from a slender tradition.
Under the patronage of the blessed L. there arose in May 1891 at Prouille, diocese of Carcassonne, the Confraternity of the Good First Communion and of Perseverance. The blessed one is furthermore patroness of the Beniamine of the Female Youth of Italian Catholic Action and titular of a Congregation (cf. DOMINICANS OF THE BLESSED IMELDA).
Her cult was confirmed by Leo XII on 20 Dec. 1826 and from Jan. 12, 1921 her cause for canonization has been resumed. Feast on May 13.
Bibliography4 worksG. Melloni, Atti o memorie degli uomini illustri in santità, nati o morti in Bologna, II, II, Bologna 1789, pp. 72-109 and 321-33 (fundament
BIBL.: G. Melloni, Atti o memorie degli uomini illustri in santità, nati o morti in Bologna, II, II, Bologna 1789, pp. 72-109 and 321-33 (fundamental). Less critical is the Italian biography by C. di Sassoferrato, published in the Latin translation by G. B. Lambertini at Antwerp in 1625, which was included in the Acta SS. Maii, III, Antwerp 1680, p. 183 ff.; M. Canal, Poniendo fin a una polémica - La b. I. L., religiosa dominica, Madrid 1927; T. Alfonsi, La b. I. L. domenicana, Bologna 1927 (the most complete and scientific); id., Opinioni errate riguardo alla b. I. L., Pistoia 1936.
Redigonda, Abele. “Lambertini, imelda, beata.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 837–838. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lambertini-imelda-beata.
MLA
Redigonda, Abele. “Lambertini, imelda, beata.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 837–838. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lambertini-imelda-beata.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_lambertini_imelda_beata,
author = {Redigonda, Abele},
title = {Lambertini, imelda, beata},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {837--838},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/lambertini-imelda-beata}
}
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