Description: Size：cm 1 class Wax seal：Monastero Beata Mattia Memorial：28 December，30 December on some calendars，7 November on some calendars Profile： Mattia was the only child of noble parents, Count Guarniero and Sibilla Nazzarei. Spurning the vanity and pomp of her position, she preferred instead to live a life of simplicity and prayer and dedicated herself to God by a vow of virginity. When her father insisted that she marry, she could only escape his arguments by fleeing to the Poor Clare convent that had, by coincidence, been established around the time of her birth. The abbess of the convent of Santa Maria Maddalena was related to the Count and refused to accept her without her father’s permission. According to tradition, Mattia entered the convent chapel, cut off her hair and donned a cast-off habit. Her father, finding her in this condition, sadly relented and gave his permission for her entrance. Only vague generalities are known of her life from this time, but it can safely be assumed that she was patient, intelligent, understanding and virtuous, having been elected by the community to serve as its abbess for a period of 40 years. The holy abbess died on December 28, 1319, an event she had previously predicted, surrounded by a heavenly fragrance and a mysteriously bright light. Many miracles were performed during the solemn exhibition of her relic, and it was noted on the 18th day that the body was still flexible and fragrant. Interment was in an elegant urn deposited near the major altar. The body was carefully examined in 1536, 217 years after Mattia's death. At that time, when it was removed from the casket, the community was astonished to see it sweat profusely. The sisters found it necessary to dry it with linen towels and duly recorded the incident in the documents pertaining to the cult of the Beata. When repairs were being made in the chapel during the year 1756, the tomb was disturbed, and the bishop seized the opportunity to examine the relic, which was found perfectly incorrupt, flexible and emitting a sweet fragrance. Miracles continued to occur after the body was reinterred in a new urn beneath the altar of St. Cecilia. Two years later, in December 1758, a “blood-fluid” was seen proceeding from the corpse, to the amazement of the many witnesses and the physicians summoned to the scene. Throughout the years, the miraculous flow was witnessed and affirmed by numerous doctors and ecclesiastical authorities. It has been noticed to commence at various times, especially prior to the deaths of members of the community or before the outbreak of wars, plagues or events of epic proportions. In 1920, the linens kept under the Beata’s hands and feet were changed, and today, after 50 years, the pads are saturated with this miraculous fluid. The monastery and church were renamed in the Beata’s honor in 1758, and her cultus was confirmed in 1765. Her body, which was never embalmed, is still perfectly incorrupt. The flesh is rather dark, but it is reported as being soft and “spongy.” The relic is solemnly displayed three times during the year: March 1, the anniversary of her birth; December 28, the anniversary of her death and January 1, which commemorates the return of her body from Macerata, where it was taken for safekeeping during the Napoleonic revolution of 1810–1811. The inexplicably incorrupt body of Mattia Nazzarei, with its mystifying issue of “blood-fluid,” has miraculously existed for over 650 years. Within the last few years, however, a slight deterioration of the body has been noted. After a recent official recognition and examination, the relic was enclosed in plastic. Born：1 March 1253 in Matelica, Macerata, ItalyDied：28 December 1319 in Matelica, Macerata, Italy of natural causesre-interred near the high altar of her convent chapelbody moved in 1536, found incorrupt and sweatingbody moved in 1756 in order to repair the chapel, and found incorrupt Beatified：27 July 1765 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed)
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Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Handmade: Yes
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