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Blessed Catherine Of Racconigi

Blessed Catherine Of Racconigi

Blessed Catherine Of Racconigi

Also known as: Caterina Mattei

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

4-Sep

Born

June 1486 in Racconigi, Cuneo, Italy

Died

4 September 1547 at Caramagna Piemonte, Cuneo, Italy

Beatified

1808 or 1810 (records vary) by Pope Pius VII

Biography

Blessed Catherine of Racconigi, also known as Caterina Mattei, was born in June 1486 in the town of Racconigi, Cuneo, Italy. She was the youngest of six children and the only daughter of Giorgio and Bilia de Ferrari Mattei. Her family lived in poverty, with her father being an unemployed blacksmith and tool maker, and her mother working as a silk spinner and weaver to support the family.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1810-01-01 by 1808 or 1810 (records vary) by Pope Pius VII

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