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CHAPTER 
I. Birth and parentage of the saint 1 
II. Of her delight in almsgiving, and in hearing others speak of God 2
III. Of her devotion to the most holy Trinity and the blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist 3 
IV. Of her voluntary application to prayer, her love of retirement, and dislike of vain shows 5 
V. Of her early temperance, her zeal for the honour of God, and her desire to instruct little children in the principles of the holy faith 7 
VI. She is ordered by her confessor to meditate on the Passion of Jesus Christ; the desire of suffering for Christ is kindled in her heart ; the means by which she accomplished this desire 10 
VII. At ten years of age she communicates for the first time ; her vow of perpetual virginity 13 
VIII. Of her virtues; her love of God increases with her years ; the rewards assigned to her good works 15 
IX. She is placed by her parents in the monastery of St John 17 
X. The testimony given by the nuns of San Giovanni to the life which Caterina led whilst with them 19 
XI. She is removed from the monastery and placed in the hands of the physicians 24 
XII. She discloses to her father her desire of becoming a nun, and sedulously tries to win her mother's consent 25 
XIII. She obtains her mother's permission to become a nun 28 
XIV. Of the monasteries which pleased Caterina, and how she chose that of Santa Maria degl' Angeli for her place of trial; a full account of that monastery 31 
XV. She enters the monastery of Santa Maria degl' Angeli on trial ; her deportment whilst there 87 
XVI. On her return home she gives various examples of virtue, and at last returns to the monastery, to quit it no more 40 
XVII. Of the preparation and dispositions with which she took the religious habit ; her change of name 43 
XVIII. Of the virtuous example which she gave in her novitiate 47 
XIX. She wishes to anticipate the time of her profession ; an extraordinary transport of love which she experiences 51 
XX. Her profession is deferred that others may be professed with her; she foretells that she shall make it alone, which she does 53 
XXI. She is rapt in ecstasy for forty days successively, after having been communicated on her bed 56 
XXII. Some intelligences which were imparted to her in these morning ecstasies 59 
XXIII. Of other transports of love experienced by her during these forty days after vespers 62 
XXIV. Of one transport in which she witnessed the entire Passion of our Lord 64 
XXV. She is cured of her illness by the prayers of the nuns 67 
XXVI. She begs to remain in the noviceship, and abounds more than ever in acts of virtue 69 
XXVII. What occurred to a lay-sister in the noviceship in connexion with Sister Mary Magdalene 72 
XXVIII. Of the innumerable raptures and ecstasies of St. Mary Magdalene, and of their different modes 74 
XXIX. Of the various circumstances and modes of these raptures 77 
XXX. How she was assured that her raptures were of God, and not an effect of diabolical illusion and of natural causes 82 
XXXI. She predicts future events in the spirit of prophecy 86 
XXXII. This holy mother sees things distant and absent 101 
XXXIII. She discerns hidden thoughts and the secrets of hearts 104 
XXXIV. She sees the state of many souls in Paradise, Purgatory, and hell 111 
XXXV. Of other favours and graces which the holy virgin received from God in her ecstasies and raptures 124 
XXXVI. Of various miracles performed by this holy virgin during her life 132 
XXXVII. She receives from God a command to live only on bread and water, which she executes after a probation by the superiors 145 
XXXVIII. God appoints her time for sleeping and manner of dressing, which she adopts after probation by her superiors 148 
XXXIX.. She is tried by God for five years with many temptations 152 
XL. She is in various ways amicted and tormented by the devils 159 
XLI. Of the arms used by the saint to resist temptations and overcome her enemies 168 
XLII. After a probation of five years, she, by the good pleasure of God, performs a penance of fifty days, and is then with joy and recompense delivered from the den of lions 179 
XLIII. Of the various ofllces filled by this holy junior, and of the virtues of her mistress, Mother Vangelista del Giocondo 185 
XLIV. Of the mode in which she governed the juniors and novices, and the instructions which she gave them 189 
XLV. Continuation of the same subject 204 
XLVI. Of her great esteem for religion and the religious state 215 
XLVII. Of her great love to God and to Jesus her Spouse 229 
XLVIII. Of her constant and ardent desire of holy Communion, and her anxiety that others should worthily receive it 240 
XLIX. Of her charity towards her neighbours, her zeal for their salvation, and (he spiritual and corporal works of mercy in which she exercised that charity 250 
L. Of her zeal and charity for the sisters of her monastery 256 
LI. Of an examen of conscience which she made in rapture, by which we may form an idea of her purity of spirit 267 
LII. Rules for a holy life, which the saint received from Jesus when in ecstasy 273 
LIII. A spiritual exercise which she daily performed, with an oblation of herself to God 277 
LIV. Of her most deep humility 285 
LV. Of the virtue and vow of obedience 303 
LVI. Of her perfect religious poverty 310 
LVII. Of her wonderful observance of the vow of chastity 320 
LVIII. Of the prayer and contemplation of the saint 331 
LIX. Some affections and profitable intelligences drawn from the contemplation of the saint 338 
LX. Devout sentiments on the mystery of the burial of Christ and the Assumption of the B. Virgin 342 
LXI. Of the austerity with which she macerated her body by voluntary penances 354 
LXII. Through her great desire of suffering for the love of God she renounces all spiritual enjoyment, and God promises her pure suffering, which she generously endures in the last years of her life 357 
LXIII. She continues in pure suffering during her last sickness and holy death 363 
LXIV. Of her obsequies, the concourse and devotion of the people, and of her burial 368 
LXV. Of the fame of her sanctity, and of her body found fragrant and incorrupt 370 
LXVI. Miracles wrought by the saint during her life 373 
LXVII. Miracles performed by our saint after death 377 
LXVI1I. Of the beatification of the saint, and the oil miraculously increased 382 
LXIX. Many miracles performed by the oil miraculously increased at the festival of the beatification of the saint 388 
LXX. Miracles wrought and graces conferred through the intercession of the saint, and by the application of her relics, and the invocation of her name and assistance 399 
LXXI. Of the veneration with which the incorrupted body of the saint was regarded, and of the fame of her sanctity 424 
LXXII. Of her solemn canonization 427 
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<br>Subjects: Christian Saints -- Italy -- Biography; De' Pazzi, Maria Maddalena, Saint, 1566-1607; Carmelites -- Biography; Christian Saints -- Biography; Saints And Servants Of God; Carmelites; Christian saints</div>
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Cepari, Virgilio, approximately 1563-1631</div>
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