Saint of Foligno Angela

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Saint of Foligno Angela

d. 1309

A medieval Italian mystic, wife, and mother whose life changed completely after a deep religious conversion, she became one of the most powerful spiritual voices of her time. Her visions and teachings, recorded in the Memorial and related writings, helped shape the Christian mystical tradition.

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Le livre des visions et instructions de la bienheureuse Angèle de Foligno Traduit par Ernest Hello avec avertissement de Georges Goyau, de l'Académie française

Le livre des visions et instructions de la bienheureuse Angèle de Foligno Traduit par Ernest Hello avec avertissement de Georges Goyau, de l'Académie française

by Saint of Foligno Angela

About the author

Born in Foligno in Umbria around 1248, she lived for many years a comfortable secular life and was married with children. After a profound conversion in adulthood, she embraced a life of prayer, penance, and care for the poor, eventually joining the Franciscan Third Order.

She became known for intense mystical experiences centered on Christ’s suffering, divine love, and the soul’s path toward God. Her spiritual insights were written down with the help of a confessor, creating the work often known as the Memorial, which made her one of the best-known women mystics of the Middle Ages.

She died on January 4, 1309, and devotion to her spread quickly. Long honored as a holy woman, she was formally canonized in 2013 through equipollent canonization by Pope Francis.