Blessed Michelina of Pesaro

Also known as

• Michelina Metelli

Memorial

• 20 June

Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Married to Duke Malatesta at age 12. Widowed at age 20. Her only child died, and she decided to take orders. Her family so strongly opposed this that they locked her up and declared her insane. When set free, she gave away her wealth and became a Franciscan tertiary.

Born

• 1300 at Pesaro, Urbino, Italy

Died

• 1356 of natural causes

Beatified

• 13 April 1737 by Pope Clement XII (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

• against death of children
• against insanity
• against mental illness
• in-law problems
• mentally ill people
• widows

Representation

• young Franciscan tertiary kneeling in ecstasy in the midst of a storm with a pilgrim‘s hat and staff beside her

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Michelina of Pesaro”. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 April 2010. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-michelina-of-pesaro/>