Autobiography of an aspiring saint
By: Cecilia Ferrazzi ; transcribed, translated, and edited by Anne Jacobson Schutte.
Contributors: Schutte, Anne Jacobson.
Series: The other voice in early modern Europe
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
Subjects: Ferrazzi, Cecilia, 1609-1684; Catholics -- Italy -- Venice -- Biography; Women -- Italy -- Venice -- Biography; Inquisition -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 17th century -- Sources; Venice (Italy) -- Biography
Description: "Financially unable to enter the convent, Cecilia Ferrazzi (1609-1684) refused to marry, and as a single laywoman set out in pursuit of holiness. Eventually, she improvised a vocation: running houses of refuge for young women at risk of being lured into prostitution. Despite the socially valuable service she was providing, not everyone was convinced that she was a genuine favorite of God. Denounced to the Venetian Inquisition in 1664, she requested and obtained the unprecedented opportunity to defend herself through a presentation of her life story."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references  (p. 91-96) and index.