Blessed Limbania
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
June 16
Beatified
Head enshrined at the church of San Tommaso in Genoa, Italy c.1294, indicating that popular devotion was already…
Religious Order
Biography
Blessed Limbania was born in the late 12th century to a wealthy and noble family in Cyprus. Despite her family's efforts to arrange a proper marriage for her, Limbania felt a strong call to religious life from a young age. At the age of 12, she made a daring escape from her family and embarked on a ship bound for Genoa, Italy.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified1609-03-06 by Head enshrined at the church of San Tommaso in Genoa, Italy c.1294, indicating that popular devotion was already established; a canonical investigation into miracles attributed to her was begun in 1344; an altar was consecrated in her name in 1432; Augustinian nuns took over the church of San Tommaso in 1509, and mistakenly thought that Limbania was an Augustinian; a church bell was cast with her effigy in 1562; a book about her first appear in 1600; 6 March 1609 by Pope Paul V (cultus confirmation)
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