Cecilia Eusepi

Cecilia Eusepi (17 February 1910 – 1 October 1928) was an Italian Roman Catholic and a professed member from the Secular Servites. Since an early age she had desired to become a nun, but did not manage to do due to a severe case of tuberculosis which confined her to her bed. Roschini advised her to write a journal of her thoughts and prayers. The title reflected the fact that Eusepi had desired to be like a lily in imitation of the life of the Virgin Mary.

Eusepi's beatification was celebrated in Nepi on 17, June 2012 and her case was mentioned by Pope Benedict XVI during his Angelus talk at the Vatican that day.

Life Cecilia Eusepi was born in Monte Romano on 17 February 1910. She was the last of eleven children to Paulina Mannucci; her brother Vincenzo was called for service during World War I. Eusepi received her baptism on 26 February from the archpriest Ugo Fulignoli. Her father died in April 1910 after ill health and on his deathbed entrusted his widow and children to his brother-in-law Filippo Mannucci.

The current postulator for this cause is the Servite priest Franco M. Azzalli.