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Blessed Louise degli Albertoni

detail from the painting 'The Blessed Ludovica Albertoni Distributing Alms', by Giovanni Battista Gaulli, c.1670; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Also known as

Louisa Albertoni
Ludovica Albertoni Cetera

31 January

Profile

Born to a wealthy and prominent family. Married to James de Citara. Mother of three. Widowed in 1506. Franciscan tertiary. She spent her fortune and ruined her health in caring for the poor. Given to religious ecstasies, she was known as a miracle worker, and had the gift of levitation.

Born

1474 in Rome, Italy

31 January 1533 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

28 January 1671 by Pope Clement X (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate

books
- Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle
- Saints for Sinners

images
- Wikimedia Commons

sitios en español
- Directorio Franciscano
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

sites en français
- Causes des Saints

fonti in italiano

spletne strani v slovenšcini
- Svetniki

MLA Citation

“Blessed Louise degli Albertoni“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 February 2020. Web. 21 January 2021. <>