PICO, GIOVANNI, COUNT OF DELLA MIRANDOLA – P. d. M. between Angelo Poliziano and Marsilio Ficino. Fresco by Cosimo Rostelli (1488). Detail of the Miracle of the Sacrament – Florence, church of S. Ambrogio.
Sisters of the Third Order of the Servants of Mary, where she led an angelic life.
She tormented her body with fasts, hair shirts, and disciplines. She received from God special charisms, among them a wondrous infused knowledge that enabled her to understand the most hidden meanings of the psalms of the Divine Office, which she recited daily. She distinguished herself by a particular devotion to the Most Blessed Virgin, who appeared to her several times. Because of the efficacy of her intercession with the Virgin, she was given the title of «Mediator with the Mother of God». She died on the aforementioned date, refreshed by an apparition of Most Holy Mary with the Child Jesus. Pius VII confirmed her cult by decree of 20 November 1804.
Gabriele M. Roschini