Blessed Seraphina Sforza
Also known as: Sueva Sforza
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
8-Sep
Born
C.1432 at Urbino, Italy as Sueva
Died
8 September 1478 at Pesaro, Italy of natural causes; exhumed several years later, and found to be incorrupt; entombed in the cathedral at Pesaro
Beatified
17 July 1754 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)
Biography
Blessed Seraphina Sforza, also known as Sueva Sforza, was born around the year 1432 in Urbino, Italy. She was the daughter of Cattarina Colonna and Count Guido Antonio of Montefeltro of Urbino. Unfortunately, she was orphaned at a young age and was subsequently raised in the Roman villa of her uncle, Prince Colonna.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified1754-07-17 by 17 July 1754 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)
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