Saint Abundantia

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Saint Abundantia
Born	?
Died	804
Venerated in	Spoleto, Italy
Feast	19 January
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Saint Abundantia (?-804) is a Christian saint. Her feast day is on January 19.

[edit] Life

She was born at Spoleto, and was educated by Majolus of Cluny. She later made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem with her mother. She would go on to spend five years in the cave of Onuphrius in the Egyptian desert.

She is said to have cultivated devotion in honor of Raphael.

She returned to Spoleto, where she died in 804.

The story of her life has been challenged, and is considered by at least some as unreliable.

[edit] Notes and references

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• Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.

Persondata
NAME	Saint Abundantia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Christian
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spoleto
DATE OF DEATH	804
PLACE OF DEATH	Spoleto