Saint catherine de ricci biography of mahatma
Originally known as El Senor Crucificado de Esquipulas, this beautiful representation of the crucified Christ was carved in wood by a Portuguese....
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Catherine de Ricci
The Ricci are an ancient family, which still subsists in a flourishing condition in Tuscany. Peter de Ricci, the father of our saint, was married to Catherine Bonza, a lady of suitable birth.
The saint was born at Florence in 1522, and called at her baptism Alexandrina, but she took the name of Catherine at her religious profession. Having lost her mother in her infancy, she was formed to virtue by a very pious godmother, and whenever she was missing she was always to be found on her knees in some secret part of the house.
When she was between six and seven years old, her father placed her in the Convent of Monticelli, near the gates of Florence, where her aunt, Louisa de Ricci, was a nun.
This thesis explores Thomas Merton's role as a pioneer of Buddhist-Christian dialogue and monastic interreligious dialogue by: 1) delving into the process.This place was to her a paradise: at a distance from the noise and tumult of the world, she served God without impediment or distraction. After some years her father took her home. She continued her usual exercises in the world as much as she was able; but the interruptions