Also known as
    • Mary-Magdalen de’Pazzi
Memorial
    • 25 May
Profile
Catherine received a religious upbringing. She was initially sent to a convent at age 14, but was taken back home by her family who opposed her religious vocation and wanted her to marry well. They eventually gave in, and Catherine became a Carmelite of the Ancient Observance at 16, taking the name Sister Mary Magdalen. Mystic. Led a hidden life of prayer and self-denial, praying particularly for the renewal of the Church and encouraging the sisters in holiness.
Born
    • 1566 at Florence, Italy as Catherine
Died
    • 25 May 1607 of natural causes
Beatified
    • 8 May 1626 by Pope Urban VIII
Canonized
    • 28 April 1669 by Pope Clement IX
Patronage
    • against bodily ills
    • against sexual temptation
    • against sickness
    • sick people