Elena Duglioli
Italian Roman Catholic aristocrat
Feast: 23 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Elena Duglioli (1472 – 23 September 1520) was an Italian Roman Catholic aristocrat from Bologna noted for her devotion to Christian life and social teachings. Duglioli wanted to become a nun for the Poor Clares but instead married in order to please her parents. She is best known for her devotion to Saint Cecilia and for commissioning the painting The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia for a chapel at San Giovanni in Monte in Bologna.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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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.
- Martirologio Romano — 23 settembre — 'A Bologna, beata Elena Duglioli Dall'Olio, che, dopo un matrimonio vissuto in mirabile armonia con il marito, rimasta vedova, condusse una vita esemplare.' Her beatification (confirmation of veneration) was granted by Leo XII
- Wikidata Q18288245 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Elena Duglioli (CC BY-SA)
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