Venerable Tommasina Vernazza
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- Also known as
- Battistina
- Profile
- Daughter of Ettore Vernazza, a patrician who founded hospitals for the poor in Genoa, Rome, and Naples.
God-daughter of Saint Catherine Fieschi-Adorno.
She became a Canoness Regular of the Lateran of Saint Augustine at the monastery of Saint Maria delle Grazier at age 13, taking the name Battistina.
Served as treasurer, novice-mistress, and prioress.
She wrote a commentary on the Pater Noster, The Union of the soul with God, Of the knowledge of God, Of prayer, Of the heavenly joys and of the means of attaining them, Of those who have risen with Christ, along with assorted meditations, spiritual canticles, and letters.
- Born
- 1497 at Genoa, Italy
- Died
- 9 May 1587 in Genoa, Italy
- Venerated
- 22 June 1972 by Pope Paul VI
- Beatified
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the Cause of Venerable Tommasina, contact:
Canonici Regolari Lateranensi, Via Venezia 3, 16126 Genova, ITALY - or -
Centro Studi Sta. Caterina, Viale IV Novembre, 5, 16121 Genova, ITALY
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