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Blessed Seraphina Sforza
Blessed Seraphina Sforza

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.


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