Angelina of Marsciano | |
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| Foundress and abbess | |
| Born | 1357 Montegiove, Umbria, Papal States |
| Died | 14 July 1435 Foligno, Umbria, Papal States |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church (Third Order of St. Francis and the Poor Clares) |
| Beatified | 8 March 1825 ("cultus confirmed"), Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Papal States by Pope Leo XII |
| Major shrine | Chiesa di San Francesco Foligno, Perugia, Italy |
| Feast | 13 July (previously 21 July) |
Angelina of Marsciano, T.O.R. (or Angelina of Montegiove; 1357 – 14 July 1435) was an Italian religious sister and foundress, and is a beata of the Roman Catholic Church. She founded a congregation of religious sisters of the Franciscan Third Order Regular, known today as the Franciscan Sisters of Blessed Angelina. She is generally credited with the founding of the Third Order Regular for women, as her religious congregation marked the establishment of the first Franciscan community of women living under the rule of the Third Order Regular authorized by Pope Nicholas V.[1]
Unlike the Second Order of the Franciscan movement, the Poor Clare nuns, they were not an enclosed religious order, but have been active in serving the poor around them for much of their history.[2] She is commemorated by the Franciscans on 4 June; her liturgical feast is 13 July.[3]
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company..
- ^ "La Beata Angelina dei Conti di Marsciano: Biografia". Franciscan Sisters of the Blessed Angelina (in Italian). Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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