Feast April 17
Chiara Gambacorti
Venerable · Religious · Feast April 17
Biography
Chiara Gambacorti, OP was an Italian Catholic nun in the Order of Preachers. She was born to rich merchants and was left a widow after a brief marriage. She escaped a second marriage after becoming a professed religious despite her father's fierce resistance.
Feast day
April 17
Birth date
1362
Death date
17 April 1420
Canonization status
Venerable
Feast month
4
Feast day of month
17
