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Also known as

• Philippa Mareria

Memorial

• 16 February

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After having met Saint Francis of Assisi in her parents’ home, she became a hermit on a mountain above Mareri, Italy. Poor Clare nun. Founded a Franciscan convent in Rieti, Italy with the help of Blessed Roger of Todi. Abbess.

Born

• c.1195 at Mareri, Rieti, Italy

Died

• 16 February 1236 in Borgo San Pietro, Rieti, Italy

Beatified

• 30 April 1806 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation; decree of heroic virtues)

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Filippa Mareri“. CatholicSaints.Info. 12 February 2023. Web. 24 April 2024. <>