 When Giuliani came of age, her father believed she should marry, and so he desired her to take part in the social activities of the young people.But she pleaded so earnestly with her father that, after much resistance, he finally permitted her to choose her own state in life.In 1677, at the age of 17, Giuliani was received into the monastery of the Capuchin Poor Clares in Città di Castello in Umbria, Italy, taking the name of Veronica in memory of the Passion.