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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 ...
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.
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.
For this reason, a new church called Santa Maria Nova (New St Mary, now Santa Francesca Romana) was erected nearby by Pope Leo IV, on a portion of the ruined temple of Temple of Venus and Roma, where once stood a chapel commemorating the fall of Simon Magus. [5] Santa Maria Antiqua suffered further damages during the Norman Sack of Rome (1084).
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. However, the couple were not spared personal suffering, losing ...
The Guardian Angel (Rieti, St. Rufo Church) Saint Francesca Romana With an Angel, (Genoa, Palazzo Rosso) Christ Among the Doctors (Naples, Museo di Capodimonte). Saint Anthony and the Christ Child (Rome, Santi Cosma e Damiano) Saint Thomas of Villanova Giving Alms (Ancona, Pinacoteca Civica) Saint Homobonus and the Beggar (Rome, Vicariato)
Francesca Farago, Giannina Gibelli, and Damian Powers Courtesy of Netflix The couple continued to date for more than two years after filming wrapped but hit bump in the road in August 2020. At the ...
The church had sculptures representing the Virgin of the Carmine, Saint Francesca Romana and a Crucifix by Giovanni Ballanti Graziani. The Sacristy held in the 19th century a Descent of the Holy Spirit (1570-1580) by Niccolò Paganelli. There was also a canvas depicting St Onofrius by Carlo Spadini. [1]