Maria Maddalena dell’Incarnazione, born Caterina Sordini, was an Italian nun of the Third Order of Saint Francis who lived from 1770 to 1824. After experiencing a vision of Christ, she founded the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, a religious congregation dedicated to the Eucharist. Despite being forced into exile during the Napoleonic Wars, she eventually returned to Rome, where she established her order with papal support. She is recognized as a blessed in the Catholic Church for her life of heroic virtue.