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Imelda Lambertini
patroness of First Holy Communicants
BlessedNuns of the Order of Preachers
Feast: 12 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1322
Died
1333
Beatified
20 December 1826
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Canonised
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Who they were
Imelda Lambertini (1322 – 12 May 1333) was an Italian Catholic mystic and devotee of the Dominican Order. She is the patroness of First Communicants and many dioceses make use of her feast as a day to schedule First Communions and Confirmations.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Giocondo Pio Lorgna Venerable“Lorgna had a strong devotion to Blessed Imelda Lambertini and so established a religious congregation in her honor and named it the Dominican Sisters of Blessed Imelda; it was a congregation that was open to females wishing to pursue the Dominican charism and the spread of pastoral activities.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Wikidata Q2417845 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Imelda Lambertini (CC BY-SA)
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