Blessed Alexandrina di Letto, Poor Clare
Feast day: April 3
Born at Sulmona, Italy in 1385;
Died 1458. At age 15,
Alexandrina joined the Poor Clares. After 23 years as a nun she founded a convent of her order at Foligno of which she became its first abbess. Here she initiated a new Franciscan reform, which was blessed and encouraged by Pope Martin V
Feast day: April 3
Born at Sulmona, Italy in 1385;
Died 1458. At age 15,
Alexandrina joined the Poor Clares. After 23 years as a nun she founded a convent of her order at Foligno of which she became its first abbess. Here she initiated a new Franciscan reform, which was blessed and encouraged by Pope Martin V
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