Blessed Angeline of Marsciano (1374-1435)
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Born in Italy near Orvieto, Angeline was 12 yrs old when her mother passed away–three years later, she made a vow of perpetual chastity. That same year however, she yielded to her father’s decision that she wed the ‘Duke of Civitella’ her new spouse agreed to respect her vows to God.
When Angeline’s spouse passed away two years later, she joined the ‘Secular Franciscans’ and with several other Women, dedicated herself to caring for widows, orphans the poor and the sick.
Many other Women were attracted to Angeline’s community, subsequently she and other Women went to Foligno where Angeline founded of the First Community of Franciscan Women (other than ‘Poor Clares’ to receive Papal approval) which received Papal approval in 1397
Angeline soon established 15 similar communities of Women in other Italian cities. — Angeline passed away on the 14 July, 1435 and was buried in the Franciscan Church in Foligno according to Butler Lives of the Saints/Wikipedia she was Beatified in 1825 by Pope Leo XII
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