Saint juliana falconieri biography of mahatma gandhi
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Juliana Falconieri, Saint
Juliana Falconieri, Saint, b.
Saint juliana falconieri biography of mahatma gandhi
in 1270; d. June 12,1341. Juliana belonged to the noble Florentine family of Falconieri. Her uncle, St. Alexis Falconieri, was one of the seven founders of the Order of Servites q.v.).
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Through his influence she also consecrated herself from her earliest youth to the religious life and the practices of Christian perfection. After her father’s death she received about A.D. 1385 from St. Philip Benitius, then General of the Servites, the habit of the Third Order, of which she became the foundress.
Until her mother’s death she remained in her parents’ house, where she followed the rule given her by St. Philip Benitius, practising perfect chastity, strict mortification, severe penance, zealous prayer, and works of Christian charity.
After her mother’s death she and several companions moved into a house of their own in 1305, which thus became the first convent of the Sisters of the Third Order of Servites,