Blessed Angela of Foligno
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- Also known as
- Mistress of Theologians
- Memorial
- 4 January
- Profile
- Born a wealthy non-Christian.
Married young, and had several children.
Lived wild, adulterously, and sacrilegiously for a while.
Following a vision in 1285, she had a conversion.
After the death of her mother, husband, and children, she turned to God and penance.
Franciscan tertiary, and led a group of other tertiaries.
Noted for her charity, patience and humility.
Visionary, mystic, and mystical writer.
- Born
- 1248 at Foligno, Umbria, Italy
- Died
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4 January 1309 at Foligno, Italy of natural causes
buried in the Church of Saint Francis in Foligno, Italy
- Beatified
- 1693 by Pope Innocent XII (cult confirmed)
- Name Meaning
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angel
messenger
- Patronage
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against sexual temptation
against temptations
against the death of children
people ridiculed for their piety
widows
- Representation
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being invited by Our Lord to receive Holy Communion
chaining the devil.
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
For All The Saints
Google Directory
Lives of the Saints II, by Father Thomas J Donaghy
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Writings
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Book of Divine Consolations of the Blessed Angela of Foligno
Book of Visions and Instructions
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- Readings
- God presents himself in the inmost depths of my soul.
I understand not only that he is present, but also how he is present in every creature and in everything that has being, in a devil and a good angel, in heaven and hell, in good deeds and in adultery or homicide, in all things, finally, which exist or have some degree of being, whether beautiful or ugly.
I also understand that he is no less present in a devil than a good angel.
Therefore, while I am in this truth, I take no less delight in seeing or understanding his presence in a devil or in an act of adultery than I do in a good angel or in a good deed.
This mode of divine presence in my soul has become almost habitual.
Moreover, this mode of God's presence illuminates my soul with such great truth and bestows on it such divine graces that when my soul is in this mode it cannot commit any offense, and it receives an abundance of divine gifts.
Because of this understanding of God's presence my soul is greatly humiliated and ashamed of its sins.
It is also granted deep wisdom, great divine consolation, and joy.
- Blessed Angela