Ursula Micaela Morata

Ursula Micaela Morata (* October 21, 1628 in Cartagena, † January 9, 1703 in Alicante ) was a nun in the Order of Poor Clares. She founded the convent of the Poor Clares in Alicante (Spain).

Childhood

In a large family born, she was the youngest of thirteen children. Both her parents were of Italian descent. Her father Marcus Aurelius was a knight of the State of Savoy. Your mother's name was Juana Garibaldoauch. Both died at intervals of three days in 1632, when Ursula was three years old; it was henceforth looked after by her older sister Sebastiana. At four years old she had her first mystical experience. Later she started fasting and mortifications. From her sister, she learned to read and write.

Youth

Despite opposition from her family, she joined in 1644 in the Capuchin monastery of Murcia, which had been founded by the Saint Mary Angela Astorch. Your profession, she celebrated on January 20, 1647, while she took the religious name Micaela. In 1648 the plague raged in Murcia, and sister Ursula became a nurse. In the years 1651 and 1653 floods of the river forced the community to flee, and the sisters found refuge in the monastery on the Mount of hermits. During this period witnessed sister Ursula Micaela, the " dark night ", an essential stage of spiritual crisis among the mystics. In 1652 she received the mandate of her confessor to write her autobiography.

Sister Ursula Micaela had several supernatural experiences, as they are also known by other mystics. She corresponded with Charles II of Spain and John of Austria.

Foundation in Alicante

In 1669 the efforts to found a convent of Poor Clares in the city of Alicante began. However, due to many problems, work began only in 1672 and were completed in 1682. The monastery was named the triumph of the Blessed Sacrament.

Death and beatification

After two years of painful illness Micaela Sr. died on January 9, 1703 at the age of 75 years. Because of the reputation of holiness, in the Sr Micaela was, and her social standing, she was six days was laid in the church. The body was at this time no decay. The diocesan process for beatification was opened by the Bishop of Orihuela- Alicante, Rafael Palmero, on 11 October 2006 and ended on June 11, 2009.

Bibliography

• Pérez de Rada, Javier ( ed.) ( 2007): Sor Ursola Michaela Morata. Fundadora Abadesa y del Real Convento de los Triunfos del SS Sacramento de Capuchinas de Alicante ( Facsimil de la edición de 1703). Madrid, Fundación Jaureguizar. ISBN 978-84-930886-8-2.
• Piquer Garcés, Benjamín Vicente ( eds.) ( 2006): Sor Ursula Micaela Morata, Clarisa Capuchina ( 1628-1703 ). Alicante, Proceso de Canonización de Sor Ursula Micaela Morata.
• Saez Vidal, Joaquín (1987 ): Sor Ursula Micaela Morata ( 1628-1703 ) Experiencia religiosa y actividad personnel. Alicante, Caja de Ahorros de Alicante y Murcia. ISBN 84-7599-043-6.
• Triviño, María Victoria ( ed.) ( 1992): Escritoras Clarisas Españolas. Antología. Madrid, B.A.C.. ISBN 978-84-7914-073-1.

Swell

• Lemeunier, G., Murcia en el siglo XVII: Una sociedad en crisis. La cólera de Dios. Crónica de los años 1647-1653, de Historia de la Región de Murcia (F. Jiménez Chacón, ed ) Vol VI. Murcia, Mediterráneo, 1980; Kamen, Henry, La España de Carlos II Barcelona, ​​Crítica, 1982.

• Coucho Sebastia - Sánchez Ferlosio, Hidrología histórica del Segura. Facsímil de la edición de 1965, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puerto de Murcia, 1984.

• Spaniard
• Eröffneter beatification process
• Poor Clare
• Born in 1628
• Died in 1703
• Woman