"It is the saints who change the world for the better, they transform it in a lasting way, injecting in it energies that only love inspired by the Gospel can arouse. The saints are the great benefactors of humanity!"
Pope Benedict XVI
Friday, June 10, 2011
Day 279 -- Blessed Amata of San Sisto
Blessed Amata of San Sisto was a Dominican nun who was assigned to Rome and helped found the Saint Agnes Convent at Valle di Petro in Bologna, Italy. She died of natural causes in 1270. Her body is in the chapel of Saint Clare in Assisi, Italy.
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