Blessed Alexandrina di Letto

Memorial

• 3 April

Profile

Joined in the Poor Clares at age 15. Founded a Poor Clare convent in Foligno, Italy in 1423, served as its first abbess. Known for her reforms that emphasized Franciscan spirituality, she has the support of Pope Martin V.

Born

• in 1385 in Sulmona, Italy

Died

• 1458 of natural causes

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Alexandrina di Letto”. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 April 2012. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-alexandrina-di-letto/>