A deeply pious and charitable woman, Saint Frances of Rome received remarkable visions and explanations of the Fallen angels
Newsdesk (03/02/2026 10:45, Gaudium Press) Frances was born in Rome in 1384 to two distinguished Roman families: the Buxis and the Rofredeschi. She was baptized in the Church of Saint Agatha in Piazza Navona.
From a very young age, she felt a calling to religious life, leading an exemplary life of piety and reciting the Office of Our Lady. She was extremely modest, and the virtue of obedience also shone brightly in her, to the point that rather than following her desired course of becoming a nun, she obeyed her confessor and her father’s wishes and married the nobleman Lorenzo de’ Leoni. Although it was an arranged marriage, it was a very happy one.
Having fallen seriously ill shortly after her marriage and unable to be cured, she opposed any kind of witchcraft cures suggested, stating that she would rather die than offend God. Miraculously healed, she intensified her life of piety even more.
With the death of her mother-in-law, the management of the household fell to her. But her many duties did not diminish her prayers in the least. She went to Confession twice a week and received Communion frequently. Thanks to this fervour in her pious practices, she ensured perfect harmony in the home.
Frances was an example of charity, sparing no effort to help those most in need. Her husband warned her that such generosity would lead them to poverty. And indeed, on one occasion, having already given away all the wheat in her pantry, she carefully swept up what little was left on the floor to give to a beggar. Upon learning of what had happened, her father-in-law and husband went to the pantry to see what was going on. To their surprise, they found 40 measures of the finest wheat! Something similar happened with the wine, which was used by the poor as medicine and had also run out. When they checked the barrels, they found them full of wine that was even better than the one that had run out!
Of the three children she had, two died as victims of the Plague. About a year after the death of her first son, he appeared to her in a glorious state and introduced her to an angel who would accompany her for the rest of her life.
She often experienced ecstasy and received several revelations about Purgatory, Hell and the angels. At times she was tormented by demons, including physical assaults.
Despite her intense mystical life, she did not neglect her duties as a wife and mother. She devoted particular care to the sick and served in hospitals for over thirty years. Blessed by God with the gift of healing, she made a remedy composed of various oils and juices to which she attributed the good achieved, thus avoiding the reputation of a miracle worker.
She had a special enthusiasm for meditating on the Passion of Our Lord and mystically suffered His pains. Perhaps for this reason she was very strict with herself, frequently doing penance. But at the same time, she showed great gentleness and indulgence towards other people.
In 1425, she consecrated herself to Our Lady, under whose maternal protection she founded, together with a group of pious ladies, the association of the Oblates of the Blessed Virgin, who met in the Church of Santa Maria Nova.
With the approval granted by Pope Eugene IV in 1433, these ladies began to live in a house in Tor de’ Specchi. But Francisca was only able to join them in 1436, when, after the death of her husband, she was elected Superior of the convent she had founded.
She died on March 9th, 1440, and her body is venerated in the Church of Santa Maria Nova.
Vision regarding demons
Saint Frances of Rome is well known for her extraordinary visions regarding demons and she left behind some very important revelations. Perhaps no saint or mystic has been as notable in the history of the Church with regard to manifestations of the fallen angels as Saint Frances of Rome. These revelations speak volumes about the presence on Earth of those demons who have not yet gone to hell and will be sent there at the end of the world.
One third of the angels fell into sin, while the other two thirds persevered in grace. Of the fallen part, one third are in Hell to torment the damned; they are those who followed Lucifer of their own free will out of malice. They do not leave the abyss except with God’s permission, and when it comes to producing a great calamity to punish the sins of men, they are the worst among the demons.
The other two-thirds of the fallen angels are scattered in the air and on Earth: they are those who did not take sides between God and Lucifer, but remained silent. Those in the air often cause frosts, storms, noises and winds with which they weaken souls attached to matter, lead them to inconstancy and fear, induce them to falter in their faith and doubt Divine Providence.
As for the demons who circulate among us in order to tempt us, they are fallen from the lowest choir of angels, and the faithful angels who are given to us as Guardians are all from the same choir. The prince and chief of all demons is Lucifer, bound to the bottom of the Abyss, charged by Divine Justice with punishing demons and the damned. Falling from the highest of the angelic choirs, the Seraphim, he became the worst of demons and the damned. His characteristic vice is pride. Below him are three other princes: the first, Asmodeus, has the vice of the flesh as his characteristic and was the head of the Cherubim. The second is called Mammon, characterized by the vice of avarice, and was of the choir of Thrones. The third, called Beelzebub, who was of the choirs of Dominations, characterized by idolatry, sorcery and enchantments; he is the chief of all that is dark and has the mission of spreading that darkness over rational creatures.
May St. Frances of Rome assist us to fight against these evil ones who torment us in this world so that we might join them in the next, and rather, that we might join her, with the angelic choirs who were faithful from the beginning!
Text extracted, with adaptations, from Revista Dr Plinio , March 2013.
Compiled by Roberta MacEwan
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