Ursula was seventh and last daughter to Francis Guiliani and Benedetta Mancini on 27th December 1660. She left her native Mercatello at seventeen years of age to join the Capuchin Poor Clares in Città di Castello. Her religious name, Veronica, had obvious reference to the Passion. Sufferings, both physical and mental, marked her life. Elected novice mistress in 1682, she was deposed within a few years by the Holy Office because of false accusations. She was elected abbess in 1717, an office she held until her death. It is held that Veronica experienced the crowning with thorns in 1694 and the stigmata in 1697. The Eucharist and the Passion where the main centres of her life, as well as the efficacy of suffering for others. She was canonised in 1839 by Gregory XVI.
First Reading: 2Cor. 4: 6-11, 16-17; Gospel: Mt. 16: 24-27
