Frances of Rome
Francesca Bussa de' Leoni (1384 – 9 March 1440), known as Frances of Rome, was an Italian Catholic mystic, organizer of charitable services and a Benedictine oblate who founded a religious community of oblates, who share a common life without religious vows. She was canonized in 1608.
Patron saint of Benedictine oblates; automobile drivers; widows
In the Martyrology
- March 9 Saint Frances of Rome, widow, founder of the Oblates of Tor de’ Specchi