Leopoldina Naudet
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Leopoldina Naudet (31 May 1773 - 17 August 1834) was an Italian
Naudet was noted for her strong devotion to the education of females and assigned her order to the moral and civic education of all girls in Verona where her order was based in. She focused on religious values in the curriculum that her order provided and also devoted herself to the precepts of her order that would receive papal approval months before her death.
She was proclaimed to be
Life
Leopoldina Naudet was born in Florence in 1773 as the eldest daughter of Giuseppe Naudet and Susanna von Arnth. Her father was French, and a senior official at the court of Leopold, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Her mother was the daughter of an Austrian officer.[3]
Susanna Naudet died in 1778 and Leopoldina was entrusted to the Nuns of
In 1790, Leopold became Holy Roman Emperor. Naudet and her sister Luisa joined the Imperial Consort Maria Louisa when Leopold's court moved to Vienna. In 1791, Archduchess Maria Anna became Abbess of the Chapter of Nuns of St. George's Convent, Prague. Naudet held positions of trust in the institute known as the Beloved of Jesus to which she committed herself in collaboration with the Archduchess. She entered Maria Anna's direct service in 1792 following the death of the Emperor. While in Prague, Naudet had as her spiritual director Father Nicholas Diessbach.[5] She also came into contact with Father Niccolò Paccanari and she favored the Congregation of Dilette of Jesus that he himself had established; the two also worked in the Beloved of Jesus.[3] Naudet took with her Maria Anna and Luisa on 31 May 1799 to make their temporary consecration as professed religious; Naudet renewed it a week later as perpetual vows that bound her to the apostolic life.
In 1800 she travelled to Padua where she met with Pope Pius VII who encouraged her work in the field of education.[5] She visited Padua, Loreto and Venice. In February 1801 she arrived in Rome where she was appointed superior of the Congregation of Dilette of Jesus but the order suffered a fatal split that saw French members establish the Congregation of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart while Naudet had a few members still remain with her; this split also tarnished the relationship between Naudet and Father Paccanari who had fallen into disgrace due to this.[5] Naudet - as a result of the split - moved to Verona where she became a collaborator of Magdalene of Canossa who was the founder of the Daughters of Charity. The pair collaborated from 1808 to 1816.
Naudet desired to devote her life to the education of girls and in 1816 established the Sisters of the Holy Family in the former convent of Saint Teresa in Verona. She found great assistance in
Naudet died on 17 August 1834 in Verona; her final words: "I want only what God wills!"[3] Her remains were transferred in 1958 to the Mother House of her congregation.
Beatification process
The beatification proceedings commenced in Verona on 8 June 1971 under
Naudet was proclaimed to be
The miracle needed for her beatification was investigated on a local level and was validated on 12 May 2006. The Rome-based medical board advising the Congregation for the Causes of Saints granted their approval to the healing as being a miracle on 3 July 2014 in what was an affirmative vote.
References
- ^ a b "Venerable Leopoldina Naudet". Saints SQPN. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Made Leopoldina Naudet Beata!". Diocese of Verona. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mother Naudet". A Tribute to St. Gaspar Bertoni. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ISBN 9780884142744
- ^ a b c "Servant of God Leopoldina Naudet". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "A Verona la Beatificazione di Leopoldina Naudet, esempio di carità".