Michelina of Pesaro
Bl. Michelina of Pesaro, T.O.S.F. | |
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![]() Michelina of Pesaro by Federico Barocci | |
Born | 1300 Pesaro, Urbino, Italy |
Died | 19 June 1356 Pesaro, Urbino, Italy | (aged 55–56)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 13 April 1737 by Pope Clement XII |
Feast | June 20 |
Attributes | Widow, Pilgrim and Franciscan tertiary |
Patronage | widows; against mental illness; against death of children |
Michelina of Pesaro, (1300 – 1356) was an Italian Roman Catholic Franciscan tertiary who was later beatified.
Biography[]
Michelina Metelli was born in , Pesaro, Italy, to a wealthy Italian family. She married into the noble Malatesta family at the age of 12 and was widowed by age 20. She led a lifestyle of parties and luxury but, after the death of her only son, she experienced a vision of him in heaven, and decided to become a Franciscan penitent.
She proceeded to give away all her belongings and property, and founded the Confraternity of the Annunciation to care for the poor, nurse the sick and bury the dead. Initially her family believed her to be insane and had her locked up. Upon her release from confinement, she made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land as penance for her sins. It is believed that she received the Stigmata in the course of this journey.
Michelina died at her home in Pesaro on 19 June 1356 of natural causes.
Beatification[]
She was beatified on 13 April 1737 by Pope Clement XII.
References[]
- 1300 births
- 1356 deaths
- 14th-century venerated Christians
- Italian beatified people
- Franciscan beatified people
- People from Pesaro
- Members of the Third Order of Saint Francis
- Female saints of medieval Italy
- 14th-century Christian saints
- Stigmatics
- Medieval Italian saints
- 14th-century Italian Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns
- House of Malatesta
- Italian saint stubs