Blessed Franco of Siena
Also known as
- Francesco Lippi
Profile
Born to the Italian nobility. Spent a dissolute youth as a soldier in Italy. Near Sartiano, Italy he was blinded, and offered to change his life if he was healed; he was healed. Pilgrim to Rome, Bari and Loreto in Italy. Having heard the preaching of Blessed Ambrose Sansedoni in Siena, Italy, he was moved to retire from the world to live as a hermit and do penance for his earlier life. Joined the Carmelites, but continued to live as a hermit. Received visions of Jesus, Mary and the angels; had the gift of prophecy, and was beset by demons.
Born
- 13th century Grottoes-Siena, Italy as Francesco Lippi
- 11 December 1291 in Siena, Italy of natural causes
- some relics enshrined in the Carmelite monastery in Cremona, Italy
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Franco of Siena“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 June 2018. Web. 25 January 2022. <>