Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
VILLANA dei BOTTI, Blessed. - A Dominican tertiary, born in Florence in 1332, died there on 28 February 1360.
Daughter of a wealthy patrician, she was drawn to piety even as a child; then, after her marriage in 1350 to Rosso di Piero Benintendi, she gave herself over to a worldly life. Suddenly, having seen herself in the mirror as a monster, she converted,
VILLANI, GIOVANNI - Incipit of the Cronaca by G. V., in the initial the V. in the act of writing his work - Vatican Library, cod. Chig. L. VIII, 296, f. 16º (14th cent.).
And having become a Dominican tertiary, she devoted the rest of her life to charity and penance. Bernardo Rossellino made her tomb (1452-53) in S. Maria Novella. Her cult was confirmed by Leo XII in March 1824. Feast day: February 28.
BIBL.: Acta SS. Augusti, Antwerp 1741, pp. 862-69; I. Taurisano, Catalog. hagiogr. O. P., Rome 1918, p. 29, no. 45; A. C. de Ganay, Le beate domenicane, I, ibid. 1933, pp. 147-61; J. Baudot and Chaussin, Vies des saints et des bienheureux, II, Paris 1936, pp. 601-602.
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“VILLANA DEI BOTTI, BEATA.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), p. 905. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/villana-dei-botti-beata.
