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Saint Humility
Italian saint, abbess
BlessedResearchedBenedictines
Feast: 22 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1226
Died
1310
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
—
not yet
Who they were
At Florence, Blessed Humility (Rosanna), who, with her husband's consent, lived twelve years as a recluse; then, at the bishop's request, she built a monastery of which she became abbess and which she joined to the Order of Vallombrosa.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 22 May as a recluse who became abbess of a Vallombrosan monastery at Florence.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 22 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1171057 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Humility (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.