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Saint Francesca Romana has been named the patron of car drivers, because of a legend that an angel used to light her way with a lamp when she travelled at night. Automobiles line up on the day of her feast (9 March) as far as the Colosseum , to partake of the blessing.
Francesca Bussa de' Leoni (1384 – March 9, 1440), known as Frances of Rome Obl.S.B. (Italian: Francesca Romana; Latin: Francisca Rōmāna), was an Italian Catholic mystic, organizer of charitable services and a Benedictine oblate who founded a religious community of oblates, who share a common life without religious vows. She was canonized in ...
21: Dies Romana, a festival linked to the foundation of Rome. [12] According to legend , Romulus is said to have founded the city of Rome on April 21, 753 BC . From this date, the Roman chronology derived its system, known by the Latin phrase Ab Urbe condita , meaning "from the founding of the City" , which counted the years from this presumed ...
The Monastery of Tor de' Specchi (Italian: [ˈtor de ˈspɛkki]; literally "Tower of the Mirrors") is the home of the Oblates of St. Frances of Rome. Located in the heart of the city, the house was established as such on 25 March 1433, the Feast of the Annunciation.
Finding St. Francis, a 2014 film directed by Paul Alexander; L'ami – François d'Assise et ses frères (The friend – Francis of Assisi and his brothers), [104] a 2016 film directed by Renaud Fely and Arnaud Louvet starring Elio Germano; The Sultan and the Saint, [105] a 2016 film directed by Alexander Kronemer, starring Alexander McPherson
The Miracle of Saint Valerie and Saint Martial (1626–1632; Rome, Saint Peter's Basilica) Christ Displaying his Wounds (1625-1635; Perth, Perth Museum and Art Gallery) After 1943, Roberto Longhi attributed six additional works: The Guardian Angel (Rieti, St. Rufo Church) Saint Francesca Romana With an Angel, (Genoa, Palazzo Rosso)
The confessio of Santa Francesca Romana is the confessio, the enclosed area below the altar, of the Basilica of Santa Francesca Romana in Rome. It was built between 1638 and 1649 to a design by Gian Lorenzo Bernini , including a bronze sculptural group of St Frances and the angel.
A patronal feast or patronal festival [a] [3] (Spanish: fiesta patronal; Catalan: festa patronal; Portuguese: festa patronal; Italian: festa patronale; French: fête patronale) is a yearly celebration dedicated – in countries influenced by Christianity – to the 'heavenly advocate' or 'patron' of the location holding the festival, who is a saint or virgin.