Sperandia

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Saint Sperandia
Born 1216, Gubbio, Umbria, Italy
Died September 11, 1276
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Major shrine Monastero di Santa Sperandia
Feast September 11
Patronage Cingoli
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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[1], she became a Benedictine nun at Cingoli. She later became an abbess.[2]

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Her body is considered to be incorrupt,[3] and since her death, her body has been exhumed eight times.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://saints.sqpn.com/saints29.htm
  2. ^ http://saints.sqpn.com/saints29.htm
  3. ^ http://saints.sqpn.com/saints29.htm
  4. ^ http://www.lifeinitaly.com/religion/incorruptibles.asp

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