Bernardino

Bernardino, St., of Siena, was born in 1380 at Massa-Carrara. Of noble parentage, he in 1404 entered the order of the Franciscans. He became noted as a preacher, and in 1438 was made vicar-general of his order in Italy, where he established upwards of 300 monasteries. He died in 1444 at Aquilo, in the Abruzzi, and was canonised six years later by order of Nicholas V. His works, which were published in collected form in 1571, are of a mystical character.