Blessed Seraphina Sforza
- Also known as
- Sueva Sforza
- Memorial
- 9 September
- Profile
- Daughter of Count Guido Antonio of Montefeltro of Urbino, and Cattarina Colonna.
Orphaned as a child.
Grew up in the Roman villa of her uncle Prince Colonna.
Married Duke Alexander Sforza, Lord of Pesaro, Italy at age 16 in 1448.
After several happy years together, Alexander began to lead a dissolute life.
He fell for a woman named Pacifica, had an affair, tried to poison Sueva, and finally kicked her out of the house in 1457.
She joined the Poor Clares at Pesaro, taking the name Seraphina, and spending much of her time praying for Alexander's conversion.
He eventually came to his senses and wanted Sueva back, but by then she had taken her vows.
Twenty years a nun, elected abbess of her convent in 1475.
- Born
- 1432 at Urbino, Italy as Sueva
- Died
- 8 September 1478 at Pesaro, Italy of natural causes;
body exhumed several years later, and found to be incorrupt;
entombed in the cathedral at Pesaro
- Beatified
- 17 July 1754 by Pope 0Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)
- Additional Information
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