19 June 2024 - St Juliana Falconieri, Virgin

On the 19th of June, we remember St Juliana Falconieri, Virgin and Founder of the Mantellate.

When she was near death at the age of 70, she requested the priest to lay the Sacred Host on her chest on a linen. Shortly after, the Host disappeared and Juliana passed away peacefully. The Sisters found an image of the Cross from the Host in the exact spot where it had been laid - "like a seal pressed into the flesh". This was acclaimed as a Eucharistic miracle.

Pope Clement XII canonized her in 1737. St Juliana is the patron saint of those suffering from illness and is usually depicted in her habit with a Host upon her breast. The Mantellate have also included the Cross on their religious habit ever since.