Columba of Rieti
Italian Dominican tertiary nun
Feast: 20 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Colomba, born at Rieti in Umbria in 1467, was one of a number of holy Dominican tertiaries raised up in protest against the irreligion of Italy in her time, who took St Catherine of Siena as their model.
From girlhood she practised austere penances and lived almost entirely on the Blessed Sacrament, to which she had an intense devotion; her life was marked by miracles from the start. She died at Perugia in 1501.
The miracles
She is honoured as Blessed by long-standing veneration; the Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Dominican tertiary whose life centred on the Eucharist.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Catherine of Siena Saint“Colomba, born at Rieti in Umbria in 1467, was one of a number of holy Dominican tertiaries raised up in protest against the irreligion of Italy in her time, who took St Catherine of Siena as their model.” — this site's research
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Colomba of Rieti
- Wikidata Q3683397 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Columba of Rieti (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.