Miracle of Saint Catherine of Bologna

Saint Catherine of Bologna

Of Visionaries, Mystics and Stigmatists

Perhaps, one of the greatest miracles is the corrupt body of our Saint, seated on a royal throne in a Chapel to the left of the main altar in the Church of Corpus Domini in Bologna.

It remains intact, never decomposing for more than five hundred years!

At first, after realizing that they could not place her body in the tomb, four nuns carried the body of Saint Catherine to the hall on a wooden stretcher, whenever visitors came to see the body, or the faithful wanted to venerate her. the Saint.

This continued for twelve years!

So the nuns decided that the faithful could see her better if she were sitting on a chair.

To her amazement, her body, which had not lost any of its flexibility, without the rigor of the shroud having settled, stiffened and the nuns were unable to place her on the chair.

It was only when the abbess ordered Catherine, out of obedience, to sit unaided in the chair and in the same position in which she can be found to this day.

Our Saint wanted to be where all the people of God could easily venerate her, so she appeared to one of the nuns at the Corpus Domini Monastery and told her that she wanted a Chapel built near the outer church.

Previously, he had been in a Chapel within the Monastery.

From the beginning, the miracles and fame of Saint Catherine have brought people from all over the world, not only the simple, faith-filled believers who fill and enrich our beautiful Church, but also future saints, kings, queens, and scholars.

Among the first to arrive was Queen Elizabeth of Naples, Italy, who upon arriving in her majestic finery, venerated our Saint and then left her ring as a token of her affection. He was followed by Popes (one of whom was Pope Clement VII), Cardinals (among them Saint Charles Borromeo, who gave him a beautiful garment), Emperors, Princes and all kinds of characters.

Pope Clement VII granted the nuns permission to pray the Office and celebrate Holy Mass in honor of Saint Catherine on March 9, which became her Feast. He inscribed his name in the Martyrology of Saints of the Roman Catholic Church. He was followed by other Popes who have granted indulgences and privileges to pilgrims who come to the Holy Place to venerate the saint.

The process for his canonization began in 1669 and solemnly concluded on Trinity Sunday, May 22, 1712, when Pope Clement IX proclaimed to the whole world, to the entire Roman Catholic Church, that we had a Saint!

The first time we went to visit Santa Catalina it was out of holy curiosity; His body was corrupted! But when we got there, we discovered a very powerful Saint who became very personal to us. We have loved her since 1977, the first time we brought our grandson, all ten years old, to Europe with us. We hope that when you read about her you will address her and get to know her with your head and heart, as we have.

[1]All mortal sin is a sin against God. [2]make amends, restitution [3]a substance that emanates from tar, used to waterproof and cover roofs [4]see the chapter on Saint Catherine of Genoa.

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