Veronica Giuliani
Capuchin mystic (1660-1727)
Veronica Giuliani (also Veronica de Julianis; 27 December 1660 – 9 July 1727) was an Italian Capuchin Poor Clares nun and mystic. She was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839.
Life
Early life
She was born Orsola or Ursula Giuliani at Mercatello sul Metauro in the Duchy of Urbino on 27 December 1660. Her parents were Francesco and Benedetta Mancini Giuliani. She was the youngest of seven sisters, three of whom chose the monastic life.
It is said that at the age of three years, Giuliani supposedly began to show great compassion for the poor. She would set apart a portion of her food for them, and even part with her clothes when she met a poor child scantily clad. Her mother died when Ursula was seven years of age.
When others did not readily join in her religious practices, she was inclined to be dictatorial. At the age of 16, she experienced a vision which corrected this imperfection of character: she saw her own heart as a "heart of steel".
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