Villana de' Botti
Villana de' Botti | |
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| Virgin | |
| Born | 1332 Florence, Republic of Florence |
| Died | 29 January 1361 (aged 28) Florence, Republic of Florence |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 27 March 1824, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Leo XII |
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| Attributes | Dominican habit |
Villana de' Botti, TOSD (1332 - 29 January 1361) was an Italian Catholic member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. She turned to the Dominicans after a sudden conversion from a dissolute adult life and was noted for her simplistic life born out of her conversion. She had been a pious and devoted child, but after marrying fell into secular values.
As a nun, 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.