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Blessed Antonia of Florence

Blessed Antonia of Florence Memorial

28 February (in non-leap years)
29 February (in leap years)

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Married and a mother of one. Widowed twice. Franciscan tertiary. Poor Clare nun. Spiritual student of Saint John Capitran. Abbess at Aquila, Italy from 1433 to 1447. Founded a Observant-oriented house of Poor Clares in Aquila. Sick the last 15 years of her life.

Born

1400 at Florence, Italy

29 February 1472 in her convent at Aquila, Italy of natural causes

1847 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Cathopedia
- Santi e Beati

spletne strani v slovenšcini
- Svetniki

MLA Citation

“Blessed Antonia of Florence“. CatholicSaints.Info. 25 February 2017. Web. 24 November 2020. <>