Saint Humility

Saint Humility

Infobox Saint
name= Saint Humility
birth_date=c. 1226
death_date= May 22, 1310
feast_day= May 22
venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church


imagesize= 250px
caption= Saint Humility transports bricks to the monastery.
birth_place= Faenza, Italy
death_place=Florence, Italy
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canonized_date= January 27, 1720
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canonized_by= Pope Clement XI
attributes= depicted as a nun
patronage=Faenza
major_shrine= Convent of Spirito Santo, Varlungo, near Florence
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Saint Humility (Humilitas; _it. Umiltà) (c. 1226 – May 22, 1310) was a founder of Vallumbrosan convents, and considered the founder of the Vallumbrosan Nuns.

Born Rosanna Negusanti to a noble family from Faenza, she was married at the age of fifteen to a nobleman named Ugoletto (Ugonotto) dei Caccianemici (d. 1256). She bore two children, both of whom died in infancy. In 1250, Ugoletto became a monk upon recovering from an illness that nearly killed him. Rosanna entered the same double monastery of canonesses named Saint Perpetua, near Faenza, becoming a nun and taking the name Humility.

She became an anchoress in a cell attached to the Vallumbrosan church of Saint Apollinaris in Faenza, where she lived as a hermit or recluse for twelve years.

However, at the request of the abbot-general she founded a monastery outside Faenza and became its abbess. Blessed Margherita became one of her disciples.

In 1282 she founded a second convent at Florence, where she died in 1310 of natural causes. She left a number of mystical writings.

She was canonized on January 27, 1720 by Pope Clement XI.

Her feast day is celebrated on May 22.

The relics of Humility and her disciple Margherita are venerated at the convent of Spirito Santo at Varlungo near Florence.

External links

* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3817 Catholic Online]
* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/Saints/sainth08.htm Catholic Forum: Saints]
*it icon [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/91407 Santi e beati: Santa Umiltà]


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