Christina the Astonishing (1150–1224), also known as Christina Mirabilis, was a Christian holy-woman born in Brustem (near Sint-Truiden, Belgium) in 1150. She was considered a saint in contemporary times. Christina receives attention today for the strange descriptions of her miracles as much as for her faith. Her memorial day is 24 July.
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“What is a firm hand to me, of what use to me is this astonishing power if I cannot change the order of things, if I cannot make the sun set in the east, that suffering diminish and that beings no longer die?”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)