Italian abbess. Name variations: (Italian) Agnese. Born in Assisi, Umbria, in Central Italy, 1207; died 1232; dau. of Favorone (or Favarone) Offreduccio (noble and Crusader) and Ortolana; sister of Clare of Assisi.
Born into a wealthy Italian family, was about 13 years younger than sister Clare of Assisi; when Clare founded Poor Clares (Franciscan order for women) and established a convent at San Damiano, joined the convent as a nun and helped sister in role of spiritual advisor; though sometimes overshadowed by Clare, drew admiration from the people of Italy for her own selfless devotion to serving the poor and sick; founded a convent in Monticelli (near Florence) and became its abbess (1219); died young from an undiagnosed illness, about age 25.
See also Women in World History.
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- AGNES DE POITIERS Biography
- AGNES DE NEVERS Biography
- AGNES DE DAMPIERRE Biography
- AGNES CAPET Biography
- Lore AGNES Biography
- AGNES Biography
- Susanna AGNELLI Biography
- Shohreh AGHDASHLOO Biography
- AGATHA OF LORRAINE Biography
- AGATHA OF HUNGARY Biography
- AGATHA Biography
- May AGATE Biography
- Elizabeth Cary AGASSIZ Biography
- AGARISTE Biography
- Eileen AGAR Biography
- AGAPE OF THESSALONICA Biography
- Adalet AGAOGLU Biography
- Lavinia AGACHE Biography
- AFUA KOBA Biography
