Saint Angela of Foligno
Also known as: Mistress of Theologians
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
January 4
Died
January 4, 1309
Canonized
9 October 2013 by Pope Francis (equipollent canonization)
Beatified
4 February 1693 by Pope Innocent XII (cult confirmed)
Biography
Saint Angela of Foligno, also known as the Mistress of Theologians, was born in 1248 in Foligno, Umbria, Italy. She was born into a wealthy non-Christian family and led a life of indulgence and sin in her youth. She married at a young age and had several children. Angela's life was characterized by its wild and sacrilegious nature, as she engaged in adultery and lived a morally wayward existence....
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