Cecilia Eusepi | |
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| Laywoman | |
| Born | 17 February 1910 Monte Romano, Viterbo, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 1 October 1928 (aged 18) Nepi, Viterbo, Kingdom of Italy |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 17 June 2012, Piazza della Bottata, Nepi, Italy by Cardinal Angelo Amato |
| Feast | 1 October |
| Patronage | Servite tertiaries |
Cecilia Eusepi (17 February 1910 – 1 October 1928) was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed member from the Secular Servites.[1] Eusepi died of tuberculosis at 18 years of age, but only after her confessor advised her to keep a journal of her own life, which she titled Storia di un Pagliaccio ("Story of a Clown"), for she considered herself to be a "little clown" and "a half-stupid clown good for nothing"; she wrote that it must be her extreme weakness that appealed to God.[2]
Eusepi's beatification was celebrated in Nepi in 2012.
- ^ "Blessed Cecilia Eusepi". Saints SQPN. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ "Like a good-for-nothing clown". 30 Giorni. 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2016.