Santa Veronica Giuliani ✦ Verified Source

: To test her authenticity, Church authorities briefly imprisoned her and removed her from community duties; she remained humble and obedient throughout.

: Doctors reportedly found the imprints of the instruments of the Passion (cross, nails, etc.) physically etched into her heart. Veneration : Canonized by Pope Gregory XVI on May 26, 1839. Feast Day : July 9. santa veronica giuliani

: Despite her father’s desire for her to marry, she entered the Capuchin Poor Clare monastery in Città di Castello at age 17, taking the name Veronica . ✨ Mysticism and the Stigmata : To test her authenticity, Church authorities briefly

: Under obedience to her confessor, she spent over 30 years writing a mystical diary that spans 22,000 handwritten pages. Feast Day : July 9

: Reportedly displayed unusual devotion and had her first vision of Christ at age four.

: December 27, 1660, in Mercatello sul Metauro, Italy, as Ursula Giuliani.