Juliana of Liège
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Juliana of Liège (also called Juliana of Mount-Cornillon), (c. 1192 or 1193 – 5 April 1258) was a medieval Norbertine canoness regular and mystic in what is now Belgium. Traditional scholarly sources have long recognized her as the promoter of the Feast of Corpus Christi, first celebrated in Liège in 1246, and later adopted for the Catholic Church in 1264. More recent scholarship includes manuscript analysis of the initial version of the Office, as found in The Hague, National Library of the Netherlands (KB 70.E.4) and a close reading of her Latin vita, a critical edition of which was published in French by the Belgian scholar and current (2023) bishop of Liège, Jean-Pierre Delville.
Saint Juliana of Liège O.Praem. | |
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Apostle of the Blessed Sacrament | |
Born | c. 1192–1193 Retinnes, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire |
Died | 5 April 1258 Fosses-la-Ville, County of Namur, Holy Roman Empire |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church (Premonstratensian Order) (Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège) |
Canonized | 1869 by Pope Pius IX |
Major shrine | The former Villers Abbey Villers-la-Ville, Walloon Brabant, Belgium |
Feast | 6 April |
Attributes | holding a monstrance |
Patronage | Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament |
Newer scholarly work notes the many references to her musical and liturgical performances. Modern women scholars recognize Juliana as the "author" of the initial version of the Latin Office, Animarum cibus, which takes its title from the beginning of its first antiphon.