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title: "St. Frances of Rome: Feast Day March 9 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-frances-of-rome/
description: "St. Frances of Rome, Religious, patron of motorists. Remembered on March 9, died c. 1440. Read their life in Bless."
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Religious · Remembered on March 9

# St. Frances of Rome

St. Frances of Rome is remembered on March 9 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of motorists.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [March 9](https://blessbible.app/saints/march/#9) |
| Title | Religious |
| Died | c. 1440 |
| Patron of | [motorists](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#motorists) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, March 9, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-frances-of-rome/#calendar) |

## Life

A Roman noblewoman, forty years a devoted wife while running her palazzo as a relief station through plague, famine, and civil war. A wife, she held, may have to leave God at the altar to find him again in her housework. Widowed, she joined the community of oblates she had founded. Her guardian angel, she said, was visible to her for years.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Frances of Rome as patron of motorists.

[Motorists](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#motorists)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Frances of Rome. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Tuesday, March 9, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/03/09/) | Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent | Violet | Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 · Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 · Psalm 51:12a, 14a · John 5:1-16 |
| [Thursday, March 9, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/09/) | Thursday of the First Week of Lent | Violet | Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 · Psalm 51:12a, 14a · Matthew 7:7-12 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[March 8 St. John of God](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-god/) [March 10 St. John Ogilvie](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-ogilvie/)

[All the saints of March](https://blessbible.app/saints/march/) [Born on March 9?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#03-09) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Frances of Rome

Remembered on March 9

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-frances-of-rome/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-frances-of-rome/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-frances-of-rome/#calendar)

In the app

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