Blessed Angelina DI Marsciano
Blessed Angelina di Marsciano (born c. 1377 AD in Montegiove, Umbria, Italy; died July 14, 1435 AD in Foligno, Umbria, Italy) was an Italian Franciscan tertiary and the foundress of the Franciscan Third Order Regular (female branch) in Italy. Born into the Umbrian nobility, she founded the first community of Franciscan Third Order Regular sisters at Foligno and established multiple monasteries throughout central Italy. She was beatified by Pope Pius IX on July 20, 1825. Her feast day is July 14.
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| Blessed Angelina DI Marsciano | |
|---|---|
| Feast Day | July 14 |
| Profession | Franciscan Third Order Regular sister; foundress of the Franciscan Third Order Regular female branch in Italy; noblewoman of Umbria; widowed religious founder |
| Rel. Affiliation | Catholic Church; Franciscan Third Order Regular; Franciscan family; 15th-century Umbrian Catholicism; Italian women's religious life |
| Patronage | Foligno; Umbria; Franciscan Third Order sisters; foundresses; widows who enter religious life; Italy; women who serve the poor |
| Attributes | Franciscan tertiary habit; a cross; the Umbrian landscape (hills of Foligno); lily (Franciscan purity); a foundation document or papal bull; children or poor (her service) |
| Birthplace | Montegiove, Umbria, Italy |
| Death Place | Foligno, Umbria, Italy |
| Cause of Death | Natural death; died July 14, 1435, at the monastery of Sant'Anna in Foligno, Umbria; she was approximately 58 years old; she had spent decades founding and governing communities of Franciscan Third Order Regular sisters throughout Umbria and central Italy; she died in her principal foundation at Foligno, surrounded by her sisters; her cult began immediately and was beatified by Pope Pius IX on July 20, 1825 |
| Primary Shrine | Foligno, Umbria, Italy — monastery of Sant'Anna; July 14 feast; Franciscan veneration |
| Liturgical Class | Not in universal Roman calendar; July 14 feast in the Franciscan Third Order Regular and in Umbria |
| Historic Class | Not in 1962 calendar; Franciscan calendar |
Biography
Angelina was born c. 1377 in Montegiove near Orvieto, Umbria, into the noble family of Marsciano. She was given in marriage to the Count of Civitella but was widowed after a few years. Refusing a second marriage, she chose a life of religious devotion.
She joined the Franciscan Third Order and assembled a community of like-minded women. In 1397 she was temporarily expelled from the Kingdom of Naples (where she had been working) by King Ladislaus, who accused her of promoting heresy; the charge was false. She eventually settled in Umbria, and in 1403 founded the monastery of Sant'Anna at Foligno, which became the mother house of her congregation.
She spent the rest of her life founding additional monasteries and governing her congregation, establishing the Franciscan Third Order Regular for women in Italy as a stable form of religious life.
She died July 14, 1435, at Foligno. Her cult was recognized and she was beatified (confirmation of cult) in 1825.
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Birth location: Montegiove, Umbria, Italy
Death location: Foligno, Umbria, Italy
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Blessed Angelina di Marsciano (c. 1377–1435) was an Umbrian noblewoman and foundress of the Franciscan Third Order Regular female branch in Italy. Founded the monastery of Sant'Anna at Foligno in 1403. Beatified 1825. Feast July 14.
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