Sancta Maria Magdalena de Pazzis, Virgo

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To suffer and not to die.
Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, (Italian: Maria Maddalena de’ Pazzi; born Caterina Lucrezia de’ Pazzi; 2 April 1566 – 25 May 1607).
Feast: 29 May from 1728 to 1969, 25 May since.
Image above: Pintura, óleo sobre lienzo (oilon canvas ), de Alonso Cano (ca. 1628), Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla.
Italian carmelite nun, famous for her visions and mysticism, who consacrated her virginity to Christ at the age of ten. Her motto was “to suffer and not to die.”
Part of the 140 Saints of the Colonnade at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome (North Colonnade Constantinian Wing). St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi statue created circa 1703 by sculptor Giulio Coscia.

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