Maria Domenica Lazzeri (1815–1848) also known as "la Meneghina" was an Italian mystic. The cause for her beatification was started in 1995.
Maria Domenica Lazzeri was born on 16 May 1815 in Capriana, Italy. [1] She is known as "l'addolorata di Capriana" ("the sorrowful woman of Capriana"). After her father's death in 1829, her health began to deteriorate, and as of 1833 she became bedridden. According to her physician, she ate and drank nothing for the last 14 years of her life except for receiving Holy Communion. [2] In 1835 she received the stigmata, and shortly after, the crown of thorns. She is frequently depicted with her hands joined bleeding as she lays upon her bed. She died on 4 April 1848. Her cause for beatification was formally reopened in 1995 and she was declared venerable in 2023.
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