woman-saint

Updated: July 31, 2026

Biographies prior to that date are therefore ex-parte statements and might conceivably contain errors of fact. Orsola's speciality, however, were those frequent trance-like conditions by reason of which, during her lifetime, she was created "Protectress of the City of Naples." I cannot tell whether she was the first woman-saint to obtain this honour.

Norman Douglas - Old Calabria