Bertha de Bardi explained

Blessed Bertha de Bardi
Birth Date:unknown
Feast Day:March 24
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church
Birth Place:Florence
Death Place:Valdarno
Titles:Abbess

Blessed Bertha de Bardi (died 24 March 1163) was born in Florence. She was the daughter of Lothario di Ugo, Count of Vernio; while she is commonly known as de Bardi, some sources speculate that she is more likely to have belonged to the Alberti family.[1]

Bertha joined the Vallumbrosan Order, a branch of the Benedictines, at Santa Felicita, Florence in 1143. The general of the order, Gualdo Galli, soon sent her to govern and reform a convent Cavriglia in Valdarno.[2] Bertha remained there until her death, becoming famous for miracles.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Dunbar . Agnes Baillie Cunninghame . A Dictionary of Saintly Women . 1904 . Harvard University . 9780722217290 . 120 . 28 September 2023.
  2. Book: Bennett . Judith M . Karras . Ruth Mazzo . The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe . 2013 . Oxford University Press . 457.