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>What a nice saint. Are there other examples of saints or blesseds who got that way from loving their husbands not just spiritually, or is she unique?
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> Helen Valentini (blessed) (d. 1458) Helen was married to a knight
> from near Venice, and won fame for her devotion to husband and large
> family, compounded by her charity and penitential practices after her
> husband died. Her cult was confirmed in 1848.
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> Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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> History Department
> University of Southern Mississippi
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