ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 6th of October
PAULA SFRONDATI, WIDOW
Paula, surnamed Sfrondati, was an Ursuline nun in Milan. Born in Mantua, Paula became a widow at the age of twenty, converted her house there into a hospital, and died in the odour of sanctity. Paula was then 79 years old; she passed to her eternal reward on October 6, 1575.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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