Blessed Diana d'Andalo
- Memorial
- 8 June
- Profile
- Born to a political influential noble family.
Influence by the preaching of Blessed Reginald, and over the objections of her family, Diana joined the Dominicans.
With the Blessed Jordan of Saxony, she founded the monastery of Saint Agnes in 1222; she lived there the rest of her days.
One of the first three Dominican nuns in Bologna.
- Born
- early 13th century in Bologna, Italy
- Died
- 9 January 1236 in Bologna, Italy of natural causes
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
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