Prayer, penance and charity toward the poor

Christina of Spoleto’s life changed radically when, around the middle of the fifteenth century, she chose to break with her past. At a very young age—probably shortly after 1450—she left her family to receive the religious habit and enter the order of Secular Augustinians. Until then, very little was known about this young woman named Christina, who wished to follow Christ without reservation. From that moment on, her existence was marked by continual journeys, without a permanent home, in search of God.