Background
Caterina Dominici was born on 10 October 1829 near Turin as the fourth daughter.
Caterina Dominici was born on 10 October 1829 near Turin as the fourth daughter.
She worked with cholera patients during the outbreak of 1854 and served for over three decades as the Superior General of her congregation. She was beatified in 1975 and the cause for sainthood still continues. One brother would become a priest.
As a child she grew into the habit of regular confession and communion.
She moved in 1848 and in November 1850 became a non-cloistered religious of the Sisters of Saint Anne. She assumed the name of "Maria Enrichetta".
Pope Pius IX visited Loreto in 1857 and Dominici was present along with Madeleine Sophie Barat - future saint - when the pope met with the professed religious. She travelled to India in October 1879 and Pope Leo XIII received her in a private audience in 1884.
Her health started to take a steep decline from November 1893 and was confined to bed.
She continued to lead the institute despite the pain that she felt. She spent her last week in drowsiness and despite this she continued to speak in a weak voice to those around her bedside. The beatification process commenced on 4 April 1943 despite the fact that the cause commenced on a local level in Turin from 1929 to 1931.
The next process spanned from 1946 to 1948.
Both processes were validated in 1951 and 1952. Pope Paul VI recognized her life of heroic virtue and conferred upon her the title of Venerable on 1 February 1975.
The investigation for a miracle attributed to her intercession spanned from 1949 to 1950 and was validated in 1952. Paul VI approved it in 1977 and beatified her on 7 May 1978.