Technically, Columbia of Rieti is not a saint. Technically she gets the title “Blessed,” which is one rung below sainthood on the Catholic Ladder of Holiness. The process of beatification is simultaneously quite thorough and totally haphazard, as best as I can tell, and anyway her technically non-beatified status doesn’t make her any less interesting. [...]
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Blessed Columba of Rieti
Posted in Obscure Saint Blogging, Religion, tagged anorexia mirabilis, Catholicism, holy anorexia, maidens, renaissance saints, saints on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
