Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Saints & hagiography Venerables

Villani, Maria, Venerable

VILLANI, MARIA, VENERABILE

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VILLANI, MARIA, venerabile. - Dominican nun, b. in Naples on 18 Sept. 1584 to Giovanni, marquis della Polla, d. there on 26 March 1670.

From girlhood she practiced mental prayer and enjoyed tastes of sublime contemplation. At the age of 14, on 7 Oct. 1598, she entered the monastery of St. John in Naples, taking the name Sister Maria. In the religious life she found an excellent master of the spirit in the servant of God Fr. Giov. Leonardo di Lettere, and in 1637, by special inspiration of God, she founded the monastery of St. Maria del Divino Amore, where she died. Her cause for beatification was introduced (1746).

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BIBL.: O. M. Marchese, Vita della sen. serva di Dio M. V. (1584-70), Naples and Milan 1676. Brescia 1717; B. A. Sequino, Aggiunta alla vita della serva di Dio suor M. V., Naples 1778.

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By Felice da Mareto

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 1428.

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Felice da Mareto. “Villani, maria, venerabile.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1428. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/villani-maria-venerabile.

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Felice da Mareto. “Villani, maria, venerabile.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1428. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/villani-maria-venerabile.

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  author    = {Felice da Mareto},
  title     = {Villani, maria, venerabile},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1428},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/villani-maria-venerabile}
}

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