September 4th

Blessed Catherine Mattei

Blessed · Common of Virgins · Caramagna Piemonte, Italy · d. 1547

At Caramagna in Piedmont, Blessed Catherine Mattei, virgin, a sister of the Third Order of Penance of Saint Dominic, who bore continual ill health, the calumnies of others, and every temptation with wondrous charity and an abundance of virtues.

Latin Original

Caramániz in Subalpinis, beatae Catharínze Mattei, virginis, soróris de Pzeniténtia Sancti Domínici, quz perpétuam malam valetüdinem, hóminum calámnias et omnes temptatiónes mira caritáte et virtátum cópia tolerávit.