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• 28 February
• 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

Died

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

Beatified

• 1847 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (cultus confirmed)

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Antonia of Florence“. CatholicSaints.Info. 9 June 2016. Web. 30 September 2016. <>