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Saint Eustoquia Calafato
January 20th XV century Religiosa
Saint Eustoquia, born in Messina (Sicily), received his mother's Christian formation and a deep devotion to the Franciscan renewal movement led by Saint Bernardino de Siena. His father wanted to marry her, but Providence led her through other paths and overcome many difficulties, at age 15 joined the Poor Clares which soon stood out for his virtues. Desirous of one life more adjusted to the rule of St. Clare, founded the monastery of Montevergine, where he soon flourished the genuine spirit of Saint Francisco and Saint Clara, and that multiplied vocations, that she, being Abbess, directed and formed with his word and example.
- Name
- Eustoquia (Femenino)
- Celebrate
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People named Eustoquia use to celebrate 13-Feb:
Blessed Eustochium Bellini - Other saints
- Other saints named Eustoquia
- Secular name
- Esmeralda Calafato
- Born
- March 25th 1434 en Mesina, in current Italy
- Dead
- January 20th 1485 in Mesina, in current Italy
- Process
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- Beatifiedel September 14th 1782 por Pius VI
- Canonized on June 11th 1988 by Blessed John Paul II
- Celebration
- January 20th
- Religious
- de la Segunda orden de San Francisco
In the city of Messina, in Sicily (now Italy), saint Eustoquio Calafato, Virgin, Abbess of the order of Saint Clara, who devoted all their forces to restore the primitive discipline of regular life in following Christ according to the example of saint Francisco. Roman martyrology