Antonia of Florence

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Antonia of Florence is an Italian blessed. She was abbess of the monastery of Corpus Christi in L'Aquila.

Life

Antonia was born in Florence in 1401 and married at a young age.[http://faith.nd.edu/s/1210/faith/interior.aspx?sid=1210&gid=609&calcid=53508&calpgid=61&pgid=29537&crid=0 "Blessed Antonia of Florence", FaithND] She and her husband had one child, a son.[https://aleteia.org/daily-prayer/saturday-february-29/ "Blessed Antonia of Florence", Aleteia]

After her husband's death in 1428, she joined the Third Order of Saint Francis. She then joined a women's community in Foligno, where she was soon appointed superior. In 1433, she was transferred to L'Aquila to supervise a monastery, a position she held for thirteen years. Desiring a more austere life, she then entered the Corpus Christi Monastery of the Poor Clares in L'Aquila, where she became abbess.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4UAAAAQAAJ&dq=Aberoh+and+Atom&pg=PA78 Holweck, Frederick George. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints, B. Herder, 1924, p. 86] Her spiritual director was John of Capistrano.[http://www.heiligen.net/heiligen/02/29/02-29-1472-antonia.php Akker S.J., A. van den. "Antonia van Florence", Heiligen.net]

Antonia died on 29 February 1472. Many miracles occurred at her tomb and her body has remained incorrupt. She was beatified by Pope Pius IX.{{cite web|url=https://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/blessed-antonia-of-florence.html|website= Roman Catholic Saints|title=Blessed Antonia of Florence}} in 1847.

References

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Category:Female saints of medieval Italy

Category:15th-century Italian Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns

category:1402 births

category:1472 deaths

Category:Incorrupt saints

Category:Religious leaders from Florence