Villana de' Botti
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Attributes | Dominican habit |
Villana de' Botti, TOSD (1332 - 29 January 1361) was an Italian Catholic professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.[1] She turned to the Dominicans after a sudden conversion from a dissolute life and was noted for her simplistic life born out of her conversion. She was a pious and devoted child but after she was married she had fallen into secular values.[2]
De' Botti had fierce detractors due to her stating she had religious ecstasies at Mass, and these opponents eventually acknowledged her as a true living saint. She was beatified on 27 March 1824.[3]
Life
Villana de' Botti was born in Florence in 1332 to the merchant Andrea de' Botti.
De' Botti was a pious and devoted child who ran from home in 1345 in order to join a religious order at their
The converted soul became a member of the
De' Botti died in 1361 wearing the habit of the Dominicans and on her deathbed she asked that the
Beatification
Shortly after de' Botti's death, she became the object of a strong local devotion, which prompted the author of her first biography, a descendant, to prematurely call her a beata.[4] The confirmation of de' Botti's local 'cultus' on 27 March 1824 allowed for Pope Leo XII to grant his approval for her beatification.
References
- ^ a b c d "Blessed Villana de'Botti". Saints SQPN. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Bl. Villana de'Botti". Catholic Online. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Blessed Villana delle Botti". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Botti, Paolo (1674). Vita et Attioni Maravigliose della Beata Villana Botti. Descrita da D. Paolo Botti Cremonese Chier Reg. Teat. Padua : per il Pasquati.