MEDA, FELICE (Felix), Blessed. — A Clarisse nun, born in Milan c. 1378, died at Pesaro on 30 Sept. 1444. In a short time she made rapid progress in piety and learning, also acquiring the Latin language. After the death of her parents, at the age of ten she took a vow of chastity and in 1400 entered the Clarisse monastery of St Ursula in Milan. She was tried by horrible temptations and diabolical persecutions. Having left Milan in 1425, in 1439 she went to Pesaro to found a new monastery, where she died renowned for the gift of miracles. Pius VII, on 14 Sept. 1808, granted a Mass and Office in her honour.
BIBL.: *Acta SS. Septembris*, VIII, Rome 1865, pp. 751-769; A. M. Bonucci, *Vita della b. F. M.*, Pesaro 1885; *L'auroola serafica*, IV, Quaracchi 1900, pp. 268-72; Wadding, *Annales*, ad an. 1412 n. 7, 1439 nn. 29-35, 1444 nn. 59-60; *Martyrologium Franciscanum*, Vicenza 1939, pp. 382-83.