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The community later became known simply as the Oblates of St. Frances of Rome. Frances herself remained in her own home, nursing her husband for the last seven years of his life from wounds he had received in battle. When he died in 1436, she moved into the monastery and became the superior. [5] She died in 1440 and was buried in Santa Maria Nova.
St. Frances (1378-1440) was a native and noblewoman of the city who had wanted to be a nun when she was a child. Despite being compelled to enter into an arranged marriage with a wealthy and aristocratic member of the papal military forces, she and her husband were happily married.
The current building, built on the foundation of the older cruciform church, was dedicated in 1967 by Francis Cardinal Spellman. [3] Its architect was Paul W. Reilly of 393 Seventh Avenue, New York City, New York 10001. [1] It opened with a new pipe organ made by the Delaware Organ Company. [3] Its name honors St. Frances of Rome.
[citation needed] The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Eucharist (Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration) was established in 1378 in Switzerland. In 1893 Sister M. John Hau and some companions from the motherhouse at Grimmenstein [45] established St. Francis Convent and Home in Nevada, Missouri. [46]
A church at the site was known by the tenth century, was named Santa Maria Nova (or "Nuova", "New St Mary"), to distinguish it from the other church inside the Roman forum devoted to St Mary, Santa Maria Antiqua ("Ancient St Mary"), which had fallen into ruin by then. [3] The relics from the ancient church were moved to this church under Pope ...
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The Oratory of San Francesco Saverio del Caravita (St. Francis Xavier “del Caravita”) is a 17th-century baroque oratory in Rome, near the Church of Sant’Ignazio in rione Pigna. It is home to the Caravita Community, an international English-language Catholic community in Rome.