The Diary of Veronica Guiliani - Veronica Giuliani (Author), Bret Thoman (Translator)

St. Veronica Giuliani (1660-1727) is considered one of the most extraordinary mystics in the history of Christianity. A Poor Clare nun, she was a stigmatic who offered her many mystical sufferings for others. After fifty years in a monastery, where she served as abbess and novice directress, she ended her life essentially divinized. And yet, even though numerous popes have extolled her virtues, St. Veronica Giuliani is little known outside her native region and Capuchin Order. Now, for the first time ever, a compendium of her Diary has been translated into English.While all saints are exceptional, St. Veronica Giuliani is a case apart. The sheer number of charisms she was graced with—which included raptures, locutions, visions, diabolical struggles, and the stigmata (to note a few)—are unparalleled even among the saints. Padre Pio himself, also a Capuchin, kept an icon of her in his cell, and considered her his patroness.When she was seventeen, St. Veronica entered a Capuchin Poor Clar