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Vita della B. Francesca Romana. Raccolta da Quello, che di lei lasciò scritto Gio. Mattioti Canonico di S. Maria in Trastevere confessore della medesima Beata, et da quello che si trova prodotto ne gli Atti per la Canonizatione di lei. Dal

4to. pp. 517 pp including full-page portrait, (9). Contemporary calf, gilt. First edition. The authorized biography of the freshly-canonized saint, founder of the Oliveran Oblates of Mary, a Benedictine congregation. “With her husband's consent St. Frances practiced continence, and advanced in a life of contemplation. Her visions often assumed the form of drama enacted for her by heavenly personages. She had the gift of miracles and ecstasy, as well as the bodily vision of her guardian angel, had revelations concerning Purgatory and Hell, and foretold the ending of the Western Schism. She could read the secrets of consciences and detect plots of diabolical origin.” (Catholic Encyclopedia)

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