31 Facts About Lucy Brocadelli

Lucy Brocadelli, known as Lucy of Narni or Lucy of Narnia, was a Dominican tertiary who was famed as a mystic and a stigmatic.

Lucy Brocadelli has been venerated by the Roman Catholic Church since 1710.

Lucy Brocadelli is known for being the counselor of the Duke of Ferrara, for founding convents in two different and distant city-states and for her remains being returned to her home city of Narni on 26 May 1935,391 years after her death.

When she was twelve years old, Lucy made a private vow of chastity, and she determined to become a Dominican nun.

Lucy Brocadelli had invited the man he had chosen to become Lucy's husband to the party, with the intention of having the couple publicly betrothed.

Lucy Brocadelli however had not informed Lucy of his intentions.

Lucy Brocadelli was actually quite fond of him but felt that her earlier vow of perpetual virginity made the marriage impossible.

The strain Lucy Brocadelli felt as a result of the conflicting feelings made her seriously ill.

In 1491, Lucy Brocadelli became Pietro's legal wife and the mistress of his household, which included a number of servants and a busy social calendar.

Lucy Brocadelli never objected when she gave away clothing and food.

Lucy Brocadelli seemed to have taken in stride the story he was told by the servants that Lucy was often visited in the evenings by Ss.

However, when one of the servants came up to him one day and told him that Lucy Brocadelli was privately entertaining a handsome young man she appeared to be quite familiar with, he did react.

Lucy Brocadelli took up his sword and went to see who this person was.

When he arrived, he found Lucy Brocadelli contemplating a large crucifix.

The servant told him that the man he had seen Lucy Brocadelli with looked like the figure on the crucifix.

Later, Lucy Brocadelli left one night for a local Franciscan friary, only to find it closed.

Lucy Brocadelli returned home the following morning, stating that she had been led back by two saints.

Lucy Brocadelli had her locked away for the bulk of one Lenten season.

Lucy Brocadelli was visited only by servants who brought her food.

In 1495, Lucy Brocadelli went to Rome and joined a group of Dominican tertiaries who were living in community.

Lucy Brocadelli did her best to hide these marks, and was frequently in spiritual ecstasy.

The bishop would not make a decision on Lucy Brocadelli and called in the local inquisition.

When Lucy Brocadelli returned to the convent in Viterbo, she found that the Duke of Ferrara, Ercole d'Este I, had determined to build a convent in Ferrara, a city about 230 miles north, and that, having heard of her, he determined that she would be its prioress.

Lucy Brocadelli had already been praying for some time for a way to create a new community of stricter observance and agreed to go to the new convent.

Lucy Brocadelli's decision precipitated a conflict between Ferrara and Viterbo which would continue for two years.

Lucy Brocadelli expressed the wish to have there some of her former friends from Viterbo and Narni.

Lucy Brocadelli collected all eleven candidates whom Lucy had indicated and sent them as a special wedding present to Lucy and the Duke, a few days ahead of her bridal party.

The Duke petitioned the local bishop for some help for Lucy Brocadelli in governing her new community, and the bishop sent ten women from a local monastery to join Lucia's convent.

Lucy Brocadelli was not allowed to speak to any person but her confessor, who was chosen by the prioress.

Lucy Brocadelli has a very important part in Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger, a historical novel which dramatizes her escape from Viterbo.

Lucy Brocadelli is the first character to discover the world of Narnia in an old wardrobe, and sticks to her story though her siblings at first disbelieve her.