Saint Frances of Rome (1384-1440), a Roman wife and mother of deep prayer, devoted herself to the poor and the sick during years of war and plague, founding a community of Benedictine oblates. Granted the grace of seeing her guardian angel, she is a patron of motorists and a model of holiness in married and family life.

March 9

• motorists
• widows
• Benedictine oblates

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