Eustochia Smeralda Calafato [SEP] religious order
Eustochia Smeralda Calafato
Eustochia Smeralda Calafato (Messina, 25 March 25 1434 – Messina, 20 January 20 1485) is a Franciscan Italian Saint belonging to the Order of the Poor Clares. She is co-patroness of Messina, which is also the centre of her cultus.
Biography.
She was born in the village of Santissima Annunziata, near Messina, Italy (for which reason she is often known as St. Eustochia of Messina). Most of what is known about her comes from the biography written two years
patron saint of Palermo.
- John of Capistrano (1386–1456), was "one of the greatest Franciscan preachers of the 15th century."
- Francis of Paola (1416–1507), was a mendicant friar and the founder of the Roman Catholic Order of Minims.
- Eustochia Smeralda Calafato (1434–1485), was a Franciscan abbess of Messina.
- Andrew Avellino (1521–1608), was a Theologian, founder of monasteries, and friend of St. Charles Borromeo.
- Benedict the Moor (1526–1589),