About Emilia Bicchieri
Lived 1238 – 1314 (aged 76). Emilia Bicchieri was an Italian nun and prior.
Emilia Bicchieri, OP (3 May 1238 Born to a patrician, she is best known for founding a convent in her hometown of Vercelli, where she served as prioress.
Bicchieri was beatified in 1769 by Pope Clement XIV.
Life Emilia Bicchieri was born in 1238 in Vercelli as the fourth of seven girls to Pietro Bicchieri, a patrician of noble stock.
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Who was Emilia Bicchieri?
Italian nun
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Emilia Bicchieri was born on 3 May 1238 in Vercelli.
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Emilia Bicchieri died on 3 May 1314 in Vercelli.
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Emilia Bicchieri was a nun and prior.
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Emilia Bicchieri was Italian.
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