Diana Andalò
Diana Andalò († June 10, 1236 in Bologna , Italy ) built the Agnes Monastery in Bologna in 1223 with the help of the order general of the Dominicans Jordan of Saxony , where she introduced the Dominican rule.
The fifty or so letters from Jordan to Diana bear witness to an ideal friendship. Diana Andalò is usually shown in religious habit with a Madonna lily .
In 1891 she was founded by Pope Leo XIII. beatified .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marie-Luise Ehrenschwendtner: The education of the Dominican women in southern Germany from the 13th to the 15th century, 2004, p. 120
literature
- HM Cormier: La bienheureuse Diane d'Andalo , 1892
Web links
- Norbert Georges: Blessed Diana and Blessed Jordan of the order of preachers . Somerset , Ohio 1933.
- Blessed Diana of Andalo
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Andalò, Diana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican, founder of the Agnes Convent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1236 |
| Place of death | Bologna , Italy |