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          6. Frances of Rome

          Italian saint

          Saint


          Frances of Rome


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          Frances of Rome
          Tor de' Specchi Monastery, Rome, Italy
          by Antoniazzo Romano (1468)

          BornFrancesca Bussa de' Leoni
          1384
          Rome, Papal States
          DiedMarch 9, 1440(1440-03-09) (aged 55–56)
          Rome, Papal States
          Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
          Canonized1608, Rome, Papal States by Pope Paul V
          Major shrineChurch of Santa Francesca Romana, Rome, Italy
          FeastMarch 9
          PatronageBenedictineoblates, automobile drivers, widows

          Francesca Bussa de' Leoni (1384 – March 9, 1440), known as Frances of RomeObl.S.B.

          (Italian: Francesca Romana; Latin: Francisca Rōmāna), was an Italian Catholic mystic, organizer of charitable services and a Benedictineoblate who founded a religious community of oblates, who share a common life without religious vows.

          She was canonized in 1608.

          Life

          Frances was born in 1384 in Rome to a wealthy and aristocrat