July 14 - Blessed Angelina di Marsciano

Memorial

14 July

Profile

Married at age 15. Widowed at age 17. Founded a convent for the Franciscan Sisters of the Third Order Regular atFoligno, Italy in 1397. By the time of her death she was supervising 135 houses of tertiaries.

Born

1377 in Montegiove, Orvieto, Terni, Italy

Died

14 July 1435 in Foligno, Perugia, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

8 March 1825 (cultus confirmed)

Canonized

pending; if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Angelina, contact:
Francescane della Beata Angelina
Via Giorgio Bolognetti 4
00151 Roma, ITALY

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson