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'''Blessed Osanna Andreasi of Mantua''' (also '''Hosanna''' and '''Andreassi''') (Born [[17 January]] [[1449]], [[Mantua]], [[Italy]] - Died
==Life==
Osanna was the daughter of Italian nobles Niccolò and Agnes Andreasi. She was reported to have had a vision of angels, [[Heaven|paradise]], and the [[Trinity]] at age five. Feeling called to [[religious life]], she rejected a [[arranged marriage|marriage arranged by her father]]. Unable to explain her attraction to religious life to her father, she secretly received the habit of the Dominican tertiaries. Returning home, she explained that she had made a vow and must wear it until she had fulfilled her promise.<ref name="patrick">{{cite web | last =Rabenstein | first =Katherine | title =Blessed Hosanna of Mantua, OP Tert. V (AC) | work =Saints O' the Day for July 18 | date =June
A legend states that Osanna, like [[Catherine of Siena|Saint Catherine]], miraculously learned to read and write. One day she saw a piece of paper with two words and said, "Those words are '[[Jesus]]' and '[[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]].'" Allegedly, from that time on, anything relating to the spiritual was within her grasp.<ref name="patrick"/>
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