Bertha de Bardi

Blessed Bertha de Bardi
Abbess
Born	unknown Florence
Died	(1163-03-24)24 March 1163 Valdarno
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Feast	March 24

Blessed Bertha de Bardi (died 24 March 1163) was born in Florence.[1] She was the daughter of Lothario di Ugo, Count of Vernio; while she is commonly known as de Bardi, some sources speculate that she is more likely to have belonged to the Alberti family.[1]

Bertha joined the Vallumbrosan Order, a branch of the Benedictines, at Santa Felicita, Florence in 1143.[1] The general of the order, Gualdo Galli, soon sent her to govern and reform a convent Cavriglia in Valdarno.[2][1] Bertha remained there until her death, becoming famous for miracles.

References

1. Dunbar, Agnes Baillie Cunninghame (1904). A Dictionary of Saintly Women. Harvard University. p. 120. ISBN 9780722217290. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
2. Bennett, Judith M; Karras, Ruth Mazzo, eds. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe. Oxford University Press. p. 457.

Sources

• Fedele Soldani, Vita di S. Berta, Florence, 1731.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Bertha". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.