Blessed Benvenuta Bojani

Blessed Benvenuta Bojani, also known as Benvenuta Boiani, was born on 4 May 1254 in Cividale del Friuli, Italy. She was the youngest of seven daughters, and from a young age, she displayed a deep aversion to worldly and vain pursuits. So committed was she to a life of self-denial that, at the tender age of twelve, Benvenuta began voluntarily wearing hair shirts and a rope belt. However, as she grew older, the rope began to cut into her flesh, necessitating its removal. Yet, the rope had become so embedded that it proved impossible to untie it. Undeterred, Benvenuta turned to prayer, and miraculously, the rope fell from her body, untangled, and lay at her feet.