Blessed Alda

Also known as: Aldobrandesca
Aude
Blanca
Bruna
Memorial: 26 April
Profile: Married lay woman. Widow. Tertiary of the Holy Humility of Mary. She devoted her life to personal penance and charity to the poor, was given to religious ecstasies, and received visions. Greatly honored in Siena.
Born: 1249 at Siena, Italy
Died: 1309
Print References: Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
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