Saint Jacoba

Also known as: Jacqueline
Brother Jacoba
Memorial: 8 February
Profile: Roman 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
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