Elena Duglioli
Elena Duglioli (1472 – 23 September 1520) was an Italian Roman Catholic aristocrat from Bologna noted for her devotion to Christian life and social teachings. Duglioli wanted to become a nun for the Poor Clares but instead married in order to please her parents. She is best known for her devotion to Saint Cecilia and for commissioning the painting The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia for a chapel at San Giovanni in Monte in Bologna.
Her beatification received confirmation from Pope Leo XII on 26 March 1828 after the approval of her local 'cultus' (or popular devotion). Cardinal Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini - the future Pope Benedict XIV - spoke for her beatification cause while it was in its initial stages and included the example of her cultus as part of his work "De Servorum Dei Beatificatione et Beatorum Canonizatione".
In the Martyrology
- September 23 Blessed Elena Duglioli, widow