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The abstinence from all nourishment for great lengths of time. Among the saints, this gift is usually manifested as the ability to exist for months or years with no food but Holy Communion. Profiled saints reported to have received this charism include

• Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa
• Blessed Alphais of Cudot
• Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
• Blessed Elizabeth Achler
• Blessed Helen Enselmini
• Blessed Menda Isategui
• Saint Lydwina of Schiedam
• Saint Mary Ann de Paredes
• Saint Nicholas of Flüe
• Saint Theodulus of Edessa
• Venerable Maria Domenica Lazzeri

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• “indedia”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 November 2019. Web. 28 April 2024. <>