Chiara Gambacorti
Italian Roman Catholic professed religious
Feast: 17 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Pisa, Blessed Chiara Gambacorti, who, left a widow while still young, at the urging of Saint Catherine of Siena founded here the first Dominican monastery of strict observance and, having forgiven the murderers of her father and her brothers, governed her sisters with prudence and charity.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 17 April as a young widow who founded the first strict-observance Dominican monastery at Pisa and forgave her family's murderers.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Catherine of Siena Saint“At Pisa, Blessed Chiara Gambacorti, who, left a widow while still young, at the urging of Saint Catherine of Siena founded here the first Dominican monastery of strict observance and, having forgiven the murderers of her father and her brothers, governed her sisters with prudence and charity.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 17 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Roman Martyrology, 17 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno) - listed as Blessed
- Wikidata Q3667480 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Chiara Gambacorti (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.