February 19th

Blessed Elizabeth Picenardi

Blessed · Common of Virgins · Mantua, Italy

At Mantua in Lombardy, Blessed Elizabeth Picenardi, virgin, who under the habit of the Order of the Servants of Mary led a life consecrated to God in her father’s house, approaching Holy Communion assiduously and earnestly devoting herself to the Liturgy of the Hours and the meditation of the Scriptures, most devoted to the Virgin Mary.

Latin Original

Mántua in Langobárdia, beáte Elísabeth Picenardi, virginis, quae sub hábitu Ordinis Servórum Maríz in patérna domo vitam Deo sacrátam egit, ad sacram communiónem assídue accédens atque in Litárgiam Horárum Scripturarümque meditatiónem eníxe incümbens, Vírgini Mariae devotíssima.