Saint Amata of Assisi

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• 20 February

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Niece of Saint Clare of Assisi. Friend of Saint Dominic de Guzman. After a misspent youth, Amata was miraculously healed by her aunt Clare, and became a Poor Clare nun herself.

Died

• c.1250 of natural causes

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Amata of Assisi”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 November 2012. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-amata-of-assisi/>