Amata of Assisi
Poor Clare
Feast: 20 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Amata of Assisi (died 1254 or 1255) was a saint, a Poor Clare nun, and one of Saint Clare of Assisi's original followers. Amata was born into a noble family in Assisi, Italy; her father was Martino di Carano and her mother Donna Penenda, Clare's oldest sister. Her name means "beloved" in Latin and is a common religious name among the Poor Clares. Amata grew up "vivacious and pleasure-seeking". Her parents wanted Amata to marry and as her hagiographer Agnes Dunbar states, she was "pleased with dress and worldly vanity". Dunbar also reports that her aunt "grieved for the peril in which she saw her, and prayed that she might strive to please God rather than men".
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Clare of Assisi Saint“Amata of Assisi (died 1254 or 1255) was a saint, a Poor Clare nun, and one of Saint Clare of Assisi's original followers.” — Wikipedia
- Francis of Assisi Saint“Francis of Assisi repaired early in his ministry and the first monastery founded for the Poor Clares by Clare.” — Wikipedia
- Santi e Beati — Beata Amata (de Corano) da Assisi — "Beata Amata (de Corano) da Assisi | Religiosa | † Assisi, 1254 | festa 20 febbraio" — Poor Clare, feast 20 February.
- Wikidata Q2066947 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Amata of Assisi (CC BY-SA)
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