Blessed Villana de’Botti was born in 1332 in Florence, Italy and was a very pious child. So much in fact that at age 13 she ran away from home to join a convent, but was refused and had to return home. Her family soon married her to Rosso de Piero. Her rejection from the convent and her marriage led her to a drastic change in her lifestyle. She became lazy and worldly, only concerned with pleasure. One day as she was getting ready, her reflection in a mirror was that of a demon. Villana took this as a reflection to how her soul was laden with sin. She took off those clothes and put on something simple and went to the Dominican Fathers of Santa Maria Novella for help. She became a Dominican tertiary, and concentrated her vocation of marriage. In her free time she prayed much and read the Scriptures and the lives of the saints. She received visions from Mary and saints. She died on January 29, 1361 of natural causes. The Fathers were unable to bury her body for a month because there were so many mourners.
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