Saint Franca

Franca Visalta OCist (1170–1218), also known as Franca of Piacenza, was a Cistercian abbess and Catholic Saint. Born in Piacenza, Italy, she entered the Benedictine convent at St Syrus Convent at the age of seven. At a young age, Franca became abbess but faced removal and isolation due to her severe austerities....