Blessed Angela of Foligno (1248 - 1309)

The Blessed Angela of Foligno, T.O.S.F., (1248 – 4 January 1309) was a Christian author, Franciscan tertiary and mystic. She was noted not only for her spiritual writings, but also for founding a religious community which refused to accept becoming an enclosed religious order that it might continue her vision of caring for those in need.