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Osanna was the daughter of the [[nobility|nobles]] Niccolò Andreasi, whose family had originated in Hungary,<ref>[http://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/j243sd_OssanaMantua_06_18.html ''Blessed Osanna of Mantua'' by Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira]</ref> and of Agnese Gonzaga.<ref>It is not known if her mother was related to the [[House of Gonzaga|Mantuan ruling family]]: see A. L. Redigonda, ‘[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/osanna-andreasi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Andreasi, Osanna’], ''Dizionario biografico degli italiani'' (''DBI'').</ref> She was reported to have had a vision of angels at age six.<ref name=short>[https://archive.org/stream/shortlivesofdomi00conguoft#page/n5/mode/2up A Sister of the Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena. ''Short Lives of the Dominican Saints'', p.208, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London, 1901]</ref> Feeling called to [[consecrated life]], she rejected a [[arranged marriage|marriage arranged]] by her father. Unable to explain her attraction to religious life to her father, in 1463, at the age of 14, she secretly received the [[religious habit]] of the [[Third Order of St. Dominic]]. She had been drawn to this Order from her admiration of two members of the Order, the holy tertiary, Saint [[Catherine of Siena]], and her contemporary, [[Friar]] [[Girolamo Savonarola]], who both represented to her lives of strict self-denial.<ref>''Vita della Beata Osanna Andreasi'' by Roberta Ghirardini [http://www.a-mantova.com/inac/andreasi.htm]{{it icon}}</ref>
Returning home, Osanna explained that she had made a religious [[vow]] and had to wear it until she had fulfilled her promise.,<ref name="patrick">{{cite web|last=Rabenstein |first=Katherine |title=Blessed Hosanna of Mantua, OP Tert. |work=Saints O' the Day for June 18 |date=June 1998 |url=http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0618.htm |accessdate=2012-02-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206180037/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0618.htm |archivedate=February 6, 2007 |deadurl=unfit }}</ref> which is an ancient custom. She waited 37 years to complete her vows so she could care for her brothers and sisters after the death of her parents.<ref name="patron">{{cite web | last = Jones | first = Terry | title = Osanna Andreasi | work = Patron Saints Index | url=http://www.catholic-forum.com/SAINTS/sainto05.htm | accessdate = 2007-04-08 |archiveurl =
A legend states that Osanna, like St. [[Catherine of Siena]], 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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