St. Angela of Foligno

St. Angela of Foligno, T.O.S.F., was an Italian Franciscan tertiary who became known as a mystic from her extensive writings about her mystical revelations. Due to the respect they engendered in the Catholic Church, she is known as "Mistress of Theologians". Angela 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. It is still active. The Catholic Church declared Angela to be a saint in 2013. Her feast day is kept on January 4 throughout the world and on January 7 in the United States.