Saint Sperandea

Sep 112008
 

[Saint Sperandea]
Also known as

  • Sperandia

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Relative of Saint Ubaldus Baldassini. Benedictine nun at Cingoli, Ancona, Papal States (modern Italy). Abbess. Mystic who received visions, one of whom told her to dress in a tanned pigskin with the bristles against her skin, and to use a chain for a belt.

Died

  • 1276 of natural causes
  • body incorrupt

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