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Also known as

• Vanna of Orvieto
• Giovanna of Orvieto

Memorial

• 23 July
• 24 July on some calendars

Profile

Born to a peasant family and orphaned at age five. Worked as a seamstress and embroiderer. Refused marriage as a young woman, and became a Dominican tertiary at Orvieto, Italy. Visionary, prophet, known for a life of deep prayer; reputed miracle worker and stigmatist.

Born

• c.1264 at Carnaiola, Italy

Died

• 23 July 1306 of natural causes

Beatified

• 11 September 1754 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

• embroiderers
• seamstresses
• Italian working women (chosen in 1926)

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Jane of Orvieto“. CatholicSaints.Info. 24 August 2017. Web. 27 April 2018. <>