January 31st

Blessed Ludovica Albertoni

Blessed · Common of Widows · Rome, Italy · d. c. 1533

At Rome, Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, who, having piously raised her children in Christian ways, after the death of her husband enrolled in the Third Order of Saint Francis and brought help to the poor, becoming from a rich woman a very poor one.

Latin Original

Romz, beáte Ludovícz Albertoni, quz, fíliis christiánis móribus pie institütis, post viri óbitum, ‘Tértio Ordini Sancti Francisci adscripta, paupéribus auxilium áttulit, ex divite paupérrima facta.