Alessandra Lucrezia Romola
(Alessandra Lucrezia Romola) (1522 -1590 ) Dominican nun of the Third Order, born Florence; died Prato, Italy . She entered the Dominican convent of San Vincenzio, Prato, 1535 , of which she was prioress or sub-prioress until her death. She is famous for the “Ecstasy of the Passion” into which she was rapt every week for 12 years from Thursday noon until Friday at 4 p.m., and during which she went through the stages of Our Lord’s Passion showing all that the Blessed Mother suffered in witnessing it. Embiems: a ring, crown, crucifix . Canonized, 1746 . Relics at convent of San Vincenzio, Prato. Feast , 13 February .