Saint Jacoba

Also known as

• Jacqueline

Memorial

• 8 February

Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Mother of two sons, grandmother of several children, all of whom she outlived. Widow. Franciscan tertiary. Friend of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Clare of Assisi. Legend says that Francis gave her a lamb that followed her back and forth to church, and would wake her in the morning in time for services.

Died

• c.1273
• buried at Assisi near Saint Francis

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Jacoba”. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 February 2010. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-jacoba/>