Chiara Gambacorti
Chiara Gambacorti, OP (1362 – 17 April 1420) 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.
She was beatified by Pope Pius VIII on 4 March 1830.
In the Martyrology
- April 17 Blessed Chiara Gambacorti, widow