Imelda Lambertini
patroness of First Holy Communicants
Feast: 12 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Bologna, Blessed Imelda Lambertini, virgin, who, received as a nun in the Order of Preachers from childhood, while still a young girl, after receiving the Eucharist with extraordinary devotion, suddenly gave up her spirit.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 12 May as a young Dominican nun at Bologna who died suddenly after receiving the Eucharist with extraordinary devotion.
The cause
Imelda Lambertini has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Dominicans: Blessed Imelda Lambertini.
Connected on this site
- Giocondo Pio Lorgna Venerable“Lorgna had a strong devotion to Blessed Imelda Lambertini and so established a religious congregation in her honor and named it the Dominican Sisters of Blessed Imelda; it was a congregation that was open to females wishing to pursue the Dominican charism and the spread of pastoral activities.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 12 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2417845 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Imelda Lambertini (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.