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{{Infobox saint
{{Infobox saint
|name=Saint Franca Visalta
|honorific_prefix=Saint
|name=Franca Visalta of Piacenza
|birth_date=1170
|birth_date=25 April 1170
|death_date=1218
|feast_day=April 26
|death_date=25 April 1218
|feast_day=24 or 25 April
|venerated_in=[[Roman Catholic Church]]
|venerated_in=[[Catholic Church]]
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|image=Santa Franca (Mosteiro de Arouca).png
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|caption=Statue of Saint Franca in the [[Monastery of Arouca]], [[Portugal]]
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|birth_place=[[Piacenza]], [[Italy]]
|birth_place=[[Piacenza]], [[Italy]]
|death_place=[[Pittoli]], [[Italy]]
|death_place=[[Pittoli]], [[Italy]]
|titles=Abbess
|titles=Virgin and Abbess
|beatified_date=
|beatified_date=21 March 1273
|beatified_place=
|beatified_place=
|beatified_by=
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|canonized_date= Cultus confirmed
|canonized_date=21 September 1273
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|canonized_by=[[Pope Gregory X]]
|canonized_by=[[Pope Gregory X]]
|attributes=
|attributes=kneeling, crowned by Christ
|patronage=against nightmares and eye disorders and diseases
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'''Saint Franca Visalta''' (1170–1218), also known as '''Franca of Piacenza''', was a [[Cistercian]] [[abbess]].
'''Franca Visalta''' (1170–1218), also known as '''Franca of Piacenza''', was a [[Cistercian]] [[abbess]].


Born in [[Piacenza]], [[Italy]], she became a [[Benedictine]] [[nun]] in St Syrus Convent at the age of seven and became [[abbess]] at a young age. However, she was removed and isolated because of the severe austerites she imposed. Only one nun, Carentia, agreed with Franca's discipline and she moved to a [[Cistercian convent]] in [[Rapallo]].
Born in [[Piacenza]], [[Italy]], she became a [[Benedictine]] [[nun]] in St Syrus Convent at the age of seven and became [[abbess]] at a young age. However, she was removed and isolated because of the severe austerities she imposed. Only one nun, Carentia, agreed with Franca's discipline and she moved to a [[Cistercian convent]] in [[Rapallo]].


Franca then persuaded her parents to build a [[Cistercian]] house in [[Montelana]] where she and Carentia both entered. Franca became [[abbess]] and maintained the strict austerites on herself, even when her health was failing, and spent most nights [[praying]] for several hours in [[chapel]]. She later moved the Cistercian community to [[Pittoli]], where she died in 1218. Saint Franca was [[canonised]] by [[Pope Gregory X]].<ref>[http://saints.sqpn.com/saintf53.htm Biodata]</ref>
Franca then persuaded her parents to build a [[Cistercian]] house in [[Montelana]] where she and Carentia both entered. Franca became [[abbess]] and maintained the strict austerities on herself, even when her health was failing, and spent most nights [[praying]] for several hours in [[chapel]]. She later moved the Cistercian community to [[Pittoli]], where she died in 1218. Franca was [[canonised]] by [[Pope Gregory X]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://saints.sqpn.com/saintf53.htm |title=Biodata |access-date=2008-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008102733/http://saints.sqpn.com/saintf53.htm |archive-date=2008-10-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==References==
== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
* Alban Butler (revised by Peter Doyle, ed. Paul Burns), ''Butler's Lives of the Saints: April'' new full edition (Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England: Burns and Oates 1999), p. 185.
| NAME = Visalta, Franca
* ''Acta Sanctorum'' Month of April Part 3, April 25, pp. 379–404..
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Italian saint
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1170
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Piacenza]], [[Italy]]
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| DATE OF DEATH = 1218
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Pittoli]], [[Italy]]
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Saint

Franca Visalta of Piacenza
Statue of Saint Franca in the Monastery of Arouca, Portugal
Virgin and Abbess
Born25 April 1170
Piacenza, Italy
Died25 April 1218
Pittoli, Italy
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified21 March 1273
Canonized21 September 1273 by Pope Gregory X
Feast24 or 25 April
Attributeskneeling, crowned by Christ
Patronageagainst nightmares and eye disorders and diseases

Franca Visalta (1170–1218), also known as Franca of Piacenza, was a Cistercian abbess.

Born in Piacenza, Italy, she became a Benedictine nun in St Syrus Convent at the age of seven and became abbess at a young age. However, she was removed and isolated because of the severe austerities she imposed. Only one nun, Carentia, agreed with Franca's discipline and she moved to a Cistercian convent in Rapallo.

Franca then persuaded her parents to build a Cistercian house in Montelana where she and Carentia both entered. Franca became abbess and maintained the strict austerities on herself, even when her health was failing, and spent most nights praying for several hours in chapel. She later moved the Cistercian community to Pittoli, where she died in 1218. Franca was canonised by Pope Gregory X.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Biodata". Archived from the original on 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-08-17.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Alban Butler (revised by Peter Doyle, ed. Paul Burns), Butler's Lives of the Saints: April new full edition (Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England: Burns and Oates 1999), p. 185.
  • Acta Sanctorum Month of April Part 3, April 25, pp. 379–404..
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