Sperandia

Sperandia

Infobox Saint
name= Saint Sperandia
birth_date=1216
death_date=September 11, 1276
feast_day= September 11
venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church


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birth_place= Gubbio, Umbria, Italy
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patronage=Cingoli
major_shrine= Monastero di Santa Sperandia
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Sperandia or Sperandea (1216 – September 11, 1276) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. A relative of Saint Ubald of Gubbio [http://saints.sqpn.com/saints29.htm Patron Saints Index: Saint Sperandea ] ] , she became a Benedictine nun at Cingoli. She later became an abbess.

Veneration

Her body is considered to be incorrupt, and since her death, her body has been exhumed eight times. [ [http://www.lifeinitaly.com/religion/incorruptibles.asp Incorruptible Saints ] ]

ee also

* The Incorruptibles

References

External links

* [http://saints.sqpn.com/saints29.htm Saint Sperandia]
*it icon [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90837 Santa Sperandia]


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