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{{Infobox
|honorific_prefix=[[Beatification|Blessed]]
|name=Osanna of Mantua
|honorific_suffix=[[Third Order of Saint Dominic|TOSD]]
|birth_date=
|death_date={{death date and age|1505|06|18|1449|1|17|df=yes}}
|feast_day=[[18 June]]
|venerated_in=[[Roman Catholic Church]] ([[Dominican Order]])
|image=Blessed Osanna Andreasi - Unknown artist 16th century.jpg
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|birth_place=[[Carbonara di Po]]<br> [[Duchy of Mantua|March of Mantua]],
|death_place=Mantua, March of Mantua,<br>Holy Roman Empire
|titles=[[Virgin
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|beatified_place=[[Saint Peter's Basilica]], [[Papal States]]
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|major_shrine=[[Mantua Cathedral]]
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==Life==
Osanna was the daughter of the [[nobility|nobles]] Niccolò Andreasi, whose family had originated in Hungary,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/j243sd_OssanaMantua_06_18.html |title=Blessed Osanna of Mantua |author=Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira|authorlink=Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira}}</ref> and of Agnese Gonzaga.<ref>It is not known if her mother was related to the [[House of Gonzaga|Mantuan ruling family]]: see A. L. Redigonda, ‘[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/osanna-andreasi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Andreasi, Osanna’], ''Dizionario biografico degli italiani'' (''DBI'').</ref> She was reported to have had a vision of angels at age six.<ref name=short>[https://archive.org/stream/shortlivesofdomi00conguoft#page/n5/mode/2up A sister of the Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena. ''Short Lives of the Dominican Saints'', p.208, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London, 1901]</ref> Feeling called to [[consecrated life]], she rejected a [[arranged marriage|marriage arranged]] by her father. Unable to explain her attraction to religious life to her father, in 1463, at the age of 14, she secretly received the [[religious habit]] of the [[Third Order of St. Dominic]]. She had been drawn to this Order from her admiration of two members of the Order, [[Catherine of Siena]], and her contemporary, [[Friar]] [[Girolamo Savonarola]], who both represented to her lives of strict self-denial.<ref>''Vita della Beata Osanna Andreasi'' by Roberta Ghirardini [http://www.a-mantova.com/inac/andreasi.htm]{{in lang|it}}</ref>
Osanna was the daughter of Italian nobles Niccolò and Agnes Andreasi. She was reported to have had a vision of angels, [[Heaven|paradise]], and the [[Trinity]] at age five. Feeling called to [[religious life]], she rejected a [[arranged marriage|marriage arranged by her father]]. Unable to explain her attraction to religious life to her father, she secretly received the habit of the Dominican tertiaries. Returning home, she explained that she had made a vow and must wear it until she had fulfilled her promise.<ref name="patrick">{{cite web | last =Rabenstein | first =Katherine | title =Blessed Hosanna of Mantua, OP Tert. V (AC) | work =Saints O' the Day for July 18 | date =June [[1998]] | url =http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0618.htm | accessdate =2007-04-08}}</ref> She became a Dominican tertiary at 17. She waited 37 years to complete her vows so she could care for her brothers and sisters after the death of her parents.<ref name="patron">{{cite web | last = Jones | first = Terry | title = Osanna Andreasi | work = Patron Saints Index | url=http://www.catholic-forum.com/SAINTS/sainto05.htm | accessdate = 2007-04-08}}</ref>▼
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A legend states that Osanna, like [[Catherine of Siena|Saint Catherine]], miraculously learned to read and write. One day she saw a piece of paper with two words and said, "Those words are '[[Jesus]]' and '[[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]].'" Allegedly, from that time on, anything relating to the spiritual was within her grasp.<ref name="patrick"/>▼
▲A legend states that Osanna, like [[Catherine of Siena
When Osanna was thirty years old, she received stigmata on her head, her side, and on her feet. She also had a vision in which her heart was transformed and divided into four parts. For the rest of her life, she actively experienced the Passion, but in an especially intense way on Wednesdays and Fridays. Osanna confided these things in her biographer and "spiritual son," Father Jerome, as well as the fact that for years, she subsisted on practically no food at all.<ref name="ashley">{{cite web | last =Ashley | first =Benedict | title =Osanna d'Andreasi | work =Blessed Osanna d'Andreasi and Other Renaissance Italian Dominican Women Mystics | url =http://op.org/domcentral/study/ashley/osanna.htm#osanna | accessdate =2007-04-11}}</ref>▼
▲When Osanna was thirty years old, she received the stigmata on her head, her side
Osanna was a mystic who would fall into ecstasies whenever she spoke of God, and a visionary who saw images of Christ bearing his cross. She bore [[stigmata]] along with red marks, but there was no bleeding. She helped the poor and sick and served as spiritual director for many, spending much of her family's considerable fortune to help the unfortunate. She spoke out against [[decadence]], and criticized the [[aristocracy]] for a lack of morality. She was a friend of [[Columba of Rieti|Blessed Columba of Rieti]], and is recorded to have sought counsel from [[Stephana de Quinzanis|Blessed Stephana de Quinzanis]].<ref name="patron"/>▼
▲Osanna was a mystic who would fall into ecstasies whenever she spoke of God, and a visionary who saw images of Christ bearing his cross. She bore [[stigmata]] along with red marks, but there was no bleeding. She helped the poor and sick and served as spiritual director for many, spending much of her family's considerable fortune to help the unfortunate. She spoke out against [[decadence]], and criticized the [[aristocracy]] for a lack of morality. She was a friend of
===Relationship with Girolamo de Monte Oliveto===▼
Father Girolamo de Monte Oliveto (Jerome of [[Mount Olivet]]), was an [[Olivetans|Olivetan Benedictine]]. His ''vita'' of Blessed Osanna was written in 1507, very shortly after her death. Although Jerome noted that Osanna was not quick to discuss her spiritual experiences, in the last years of her life, she adopted Father Jerome as a "spiritual son," "conceived in the Blood of Christ."<ref name="ashley"/>▼
These phenomena brought Ossana to the attention of Mantua's ruling family. Most notably, she was sought by [[Francesco II Gonzaga]] and his wife, [[Isabella d'Este]], as both a spiritual guide and a counselor on matters of state. She frequently foretold correctly events which later came to pass, and gained the reputation of a [[Clairvoyance|seer]]. When she died in Mantua on 18 June 1505, all the members of the nobility and clergy attended her funeral, as her body was taken in procession to the Church of St. Dominic, where it was enshrined. Later her remains were transferred to the [[Mantua Cathedral|Cathedral of St. Peter]], where they are still venerated.<ref>Ghirardini</ref>
Jerome's account is especially unique due to his intimate relationship with his subject. The biography is takes the form of a a detailed report of his conversations with Osanna. Jerome appended to his account, Latin translations of twenty-four letters from the Osanna, accompanied by documents certifying their authenticity.<ref name="ashley"/>▼
According to Father Benedict Ashley, [[Dominicans|O.P.]], these letters express an "intense and constant physical and inner suffering" made bearable only by "sublime experiences of union with God which [Osanna] cannot describe except in broken and inadequate language." A special source of misery for Osanna was the degradation of the Church under the abusive pontificate of [[Pope Alexander VI|Alexander VI]].<ref name="ashley"/>▼
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▲Jerome's account is especially unique due to his intimate relationship with his subject. The biography
▲According to Father Benedict Ashley
==Veneration==
In a response to a request by the [[marquess|Marchesa]] [[Isabella d'Este]] while on a visit to Rome, through a [[papal brief]] of 8 January 1515 [[Pope Leo X|Leo X]] authorised the celebration of her [[feast day]] in the City of Mantua. Her local [[cult (religious practice)#Roman Catholic ''cultus''|''cultus'']] was confirmed by [[Pope Innocent XII]] with a [[Papal bull]] of 24 November 1694, and extended to the whole of the Dominican Order two months later.<ref name="patrick"/><ref>''DBI''.</ref>
==Works==
The content of the literary corpus of the Blessed Osanna ranges from mystical reflection to considerations on contemporary social and political questions. Her works consist of:
*''Lettere'', an index of correspondence, addressed to a varied readership, including her fellow Dominicans and members of Mantua's ruling family;
*''Colloqui Spirituali'', or dialogues on spiritual subjects between the Blessed Osanna and Girolamo Girolamo de Monte Oliveto Scolari.
==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061209120949/http://www.op.org/domcentral/study/ashley/osanna.htm#osanna Blessed Osanna d'Andreasi and Other Renaissance Italian Dominican Women Mystics] * [http://www.a-mantova.com/inac/andreasi.htm Vita della Beata Osanna Andreasi] {{
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