Also known as
- Mistress of Theologians
Profile
Born to a wealthy non-Christian family. She married young, and was the mother of several children. Angela lived a wild, adulterous, and sacrilegious life for a while, but following a vision received in 1285, she had a conversion. After the death of her mother, husband, and children, she turned to God and penance. Franciscan tertiary, and led a group of other tertiaries. Noted for her charity, patience and humility. Visionary, mystic, and mystical writer.
Born
- 4 January 1309 at Foligno, Italy of natural causes
- buried in the Church of Saint Francis in Foligno, Italy
- against sexual temptation
- against temptations
- against the death of children
- people ridiculed for their piety
- widows
- being invited by Our Lord to receive Holy Communion
- chaining the devil
Additional Information
- American Catholic
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Heiligen 3s
- Katherine Rabenstein
- Kirken i Norge
- Lives of the Saints II, by Father Thomas J Donaghy
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Santi e Beati
- Studies in the Lives of the Saints, by Edward Hutton
Writings
- Book of Divine Consolation (google scan pdf)
- Book of Visions and Instructions
Readings
God presents himself in the inmost depths of my soul. I understand not only that he is present, but also how he is present in every creature and in everything that has being, in a devil and a good angel, in heaven and hell, in good deeds and in adultery or homicide, in all things, finally, which exist or have some degree of being, whether beautiful or ugly. I also understand that he is no less present in a devil than a good angel. Therefore, while I am in this truth, I take no less delight in seeing or understanding his presence in a devil or in an act of adultery than I do in a good angel or in a good deed. This mode of divine presence in my soul has become almost habitual. Moreover, this mode of God’s presence illuminates my soul with such great truth and bestows on it such divine graces that when my soul is in this mode it cannot commit any offense, and it receives an abundance of divine gifts. Because of this understanding of God’s presence my soul is greatly humiliated and ashamed of its sins. It is also granted deep wisdom, great divine consolation, and joy. - Blessed Angela
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Angela of Foligno“. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 January 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>