Sibyllina Biscossi

Sibyllina Biscossi OP (1287 – 19 March 1367) was an Italian Dominican nun, recluse and mystic.

Biography

Sibyllina Biscossi was born to a distinguished and religious family of Pavia in 1287.[1] She became an orphan at a very young age and therefore had to earn a living for herself as a servant.[2] When she was twelve, she completely lost her eye-sight and was taken in by some nuns of the Dominican Order.[1][3] With fifteen years she became a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic and confined herself to a small cell next to the church of the Dominicans in Pavia.[3][2] There, she lived a life of asceticism and contemplation and was visited by many who asked for her advice and comfort. She died on March 19 1367 surrounded by the religious of her order after having received the Final Sacrament.[1][3]

Veneration

Soon after her death her hagiography was written by the Dominican Thomaso of Bozzolasto but she continued to be venerated mostly within Pavia. She was finally officially beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1854.[2] Her feast day according to the Roman Martyrology is March 19, but the diocese of Pavia celebrates it on March 23 and the Dominican Order on April 18.[1]

Her remains were originally buried in the Church of San Tommaso where Giovanni Matteo Bottigella, an important Pavian citizen and distant relative, established a chapel to honor her relics.[4] After the Dominican convent was dissolved the relics were transferred to the cathedral of Pavia.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Beata Sibillina Biscossi". Santiebeati.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b c Lehmijoki-Gardner, Maiju (2005). Dominican Penitent Women. Paulist Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-8091-0523-6. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d Monjas Dominicas - Federación de la Inmaculada Concepción (18 April 2023). "Sibilina Biscossi" (in Spanish). Federación de la Inmaculada Concepción. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
  4. ^ Rosenberg, Charles M. (21 June 2010). The Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini. Cambridge University Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-521-79248-6. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
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