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Umiliana de' Cerchi
Italian religious (1219-1246)
BlessedResearchedThird Order of Saint Francis
Feast: 19 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1219
Died
1246
Beatified
24 July 1694
unverified
Canonised
—
not yet
Who they were
At Florence, Blessed Umiliana, of the Third Order of Saint Francis, who bore her husband's ill-treatment commendably with patience and meekness and, left a widow, gave herself wholly to prayer and works of charity.
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 19 May as a Franciscan tertiary at Florence who bore ill-treatment patiently and, widowed, gave herself to prayer and charity.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 19 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4003536 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Umiliana de' Cerchi (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.