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Frances, of Rome, Saint, 1384-1440

LC control no.n 85376404
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Personal name headingFrances, of Rome, Saint, 1384-1440
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Variant(s)Francesca, Romana, Saint, 1384-1440
Francesca, Saint, 1384-1440
Francisca, Romana, Saint, 1384-1440
Françoise, Romaine, Saint, 1384-1440
See alsoFounded corporate body of person: Monastero delle Oblate di Santa Francesca Romana
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Founded corporate body of person: Oblates of St. Frances
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Birth date1384
Death date1440-03-09
Place of birthRome (Italy)
Place of deathRome (Italy)
Field of activityChristianity Church work with the poor Church work with the sick
AffiliationOblates of St. Frances
Catholic Church Monastero delle Oblate di Santa Francesca Romana
Profession or occupationChristian saints
Found inMontonati, A. Le mani che guarirono la città, c1985: t.p. (santa Francesca Romana)
LC data base, 12-13-85 (hdg.: Francesca, Saint, 1384-1440; usage: St. Frances of Rome)
Delaney, J.J. Dict. of saints, 1980: (Frances of Rome; b. Rome, 1384; d. Rome, 3-9-1440; daughter of Paul Busso and Jacobella dei Roffredeschi; when she was 13 married Lorenzo Ponziani)
Book of saints, 1966 (Frances of Rome (St))
Holweck, F.G. Biog. dict. of the saints, 1924 (Frances of Rome; Francisca Romana)
Her Jubilation dans la lumière divine, c1989: t.p. (Françoise Romaine (1384-1440))
New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd. ed., 2003, online version viewed January 31, 2017: (Frances of Rome, St.; founder of Oblates of St. Frances of Rome, organized in 1433 and residing in a convent at the Tower of Specchi in the Campidoglio neighborhood; aided the poor and sick)
VIAF, searched January 31, 2017 (Frances, of Rome, Saint, 1384-1443); viewed Mar. 8, 2019 (two headings have 1443 as date of death; all others have 1440)
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