Bl. Ortolana

Ortolana was the mother of St Clare of Assisi and of Clare's sisters Agnes and Beatrice. Her husband was Favarone, of an old noble family of Assisi.

Later in life she too became a nun in her daughter's monastery of San Damiano.

The cited source gives only these basic facts.

Ortolana, mother of St Clare, is called Blessed by Franciscan tradition. We have not found a formal confirmation of her cult.

Beatification allows public veneration, usually in a particular region or religious family. Canonization extends it to the whole Church.