Blessed Antonia of Florence

Memorial

• 28 February

Profile

Married and a mother of one. Widowed twice. Franciscan tertiary. Poor Clare nun. Spiritual student of Saint John Capitran. Superioress at Aquila, Italy. Sick the last 15 years of her life.

Born

• 1400 at Florence, Italy

Died

• 1472 in her convent at Aquila, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 1847 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Antonia of Florence”. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-antonia-of-florence/>