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Lucy Brocadelli
1476Dec, 13

Lucy Brocadelli

Lucy Brocadelli, Dominican tertiary and stigmatic (d. 1544)
Lucy Brocadelli also known as the Blessed Lucy of Narni or Blessed Lucy of Narnia, (13 December 1476, in Narni – 15 November 1544, in Ferrara) was a Dominican tertiary who was famed as a mystic and a stigmatic. She has been venerated by the Roman Catholic Church since 1710. She is known for being the counselor of the Duke of Ferrara, for founding convents in two different and distant city-states and for her remains being solemnly returned to her home city of Narni on 26 May 1935, 391 years after her death.

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