This unique holy card depicts Blessed Imelda Lambertini as she appears incorrupt in Bologna, Italy. On the back of the card is the following:
Blessed Imelda Lambertini
Eucharistic Miracle - Patron Saint of First Communion - Virgin - Incorrupt
Lord Jesus Christ, You received into Heaven Blessed Imelda who loved you in the Eucharistic banquet. By her prayers may we learn to approach Your holy table with that same fervent love and so fulfill our longing to be with You, who live and reign with the Holy Spirit one God, for ever and ever. Amen
Blessed Imelda is the patroness of First Communicants.
Profile Daughter of Count Egano Lambertini of Bologna and Castora Galuzzi. Student at Dominican Convent of Valdi-Pietra in Bologna. Had a great devotion to Saint Agnes of Rome, of whom she may have had visions. On 12 May 1333 she miraculously received her First Communion, and immediately after died in an ecstasy of love and joy.
Born 1322 at Bologna, Italy
Died 12 May 1333; relics at the Church of Saint Sigismund in Bologna