Archangela Girlani

Blessed Archangela Girlani (1460 – 25 January 1494) - born as Eleanora Girlani - was an Italian Carmelite Order professed religious who was known for her visions. Pope Pius IX confirmed her cultus and beatified her on 1 October 1864.

Blessed
Archangela Girlani
O. Carm.
Religious
Born1460
Trino, Duchy of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire
Died25 January 1494 (aged 33)
Mantua, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified1 October 1864, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius IX
Feast13 February
AttributesReligious habit

Life

Eleanora Girlani was born in 1460 to a noble family of Trino, then in the Duchy of Savoy. Having been educated by the Benedictines, she had planned to become a Benedictine nun. However, on her way to the abbey, her horse refused to take her there. Interpreting this a sign, she instead became a Carmelite nun in Parma, and was given the religious name of Archangela.[1] She was professed in 1478.

Girlani was later elected the prioress of her monastery, and went on to found a new Carmelite monastery in Mantua. She is remembered as a mystic who had a special devotion to the Most Holy Trinity,[2] and was reported to have the gifts of ecstasies, and miracles, including levitation.[1]

Widespread devotion and reports of healing arose after her death in 1494. Her cultus was confirmed on 1 October 1864 by Pope Pius IX.[2] Her feast day is celebrated on 13 February.

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See also
  • Flying Saints

References
  1. "Bl. Archangela Girlani", Order of the brothers of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt. Carmel
  2. "Saint of the Day: Blessed Archangela Girlani", Aleteia
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