Blessed Imelda Lambertini
- Memorial
- 12 May
- Profile
- Daughter of Count Egano Lambertini of Bologna and Castora Galuzzi.
While still a child, she put together a little oratory in her house, and spent much time there in prayer.
She felt drawn to religious life, and planned to become a nun.
Student at Dominican Convent of Valdi-Pietra in Bologna, partly in preparation for religious life.
Had a great devotion to Saint Agnes of Rome, of whom she may have had visions, to Mary as Queen of Angels, and to the Holy Eucharist.
On 12 May 1333 she miraculously received her First Communion, and immediately after died in an ecstasy of love and joy.
- Born
- 1322 at Bologna, Italy
- Died
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Feast of the Ascension, 12 May 1333 Bologna, Italy
relics at the Church of Saint Sigismund in Bologna
- Beatified
- 1826 (cultus confirmed)
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Imelda, contact
Chiesa San Sigismondo
Via San Sigismondo, 7
40126 Bologna, ITALY
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- first communicants (named by Pope Saint Pius X)
- Prayers
- Lord Jesus Christ, you received into heaven Blessed Imelda who loved you in the eucharistic banquet.
By her prayers may we learn to approach your holy table with that same fervent love and so fulfill our longing to be with you, who live and reign with the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
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- very young Dominican novice kneeling before the altar with a sacred Host appearing above her
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- Can anyone receive Jesus into his heart and not die?
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