Blessed María Lorenza Requenses De Longo
Also known as: Maria Llonc; Maria Llorença Requenses de Llonc; Maria Llorença Llong
Feast Day
21-Dec
Born
1463 near Lleida, Spain
Died
21 December 1539 at the monastery of Saint Mary of Jerusalem in Naples, Italy of natural causes; her skull is in the church of the Protomonasterum at the monastery of Saint Mary of Jerusalem
Beatified
9 October 2021 by Pope Francis; the beatification was celebrated in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Naples, Italy, presided by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro
Venerated
9 October 2017 by Pope France (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed María Lorenza Requenses De Longo, also known as Maria Llonc, Maria Llorença Requenses de Llonc, and Maria Llorença Llong, was born in 1463 near Lleida, Spain, into a noble family. She was married to the Regent of the Viceroy of Naples and, in 1506, she and her husband moved to Naples, Italy.
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