ST. FRANCES OF ROME.
CHAPTER I.
General character of the Saint's life—Her childhood and early piety
CHAPTER II.
Francesca's early inclination for the cloister—By her father's desire she marries Lorenzo Ponziano—Her married life—Her illness and miraculous cure
CHAPTER III.
Francesca proceeds in her mortifications and works of charity —Her supernatural temptations and consolations
CHAPTER IV.
The birth of Franceseca's first child—Her care in his education—She undertakes the management of her father-in-law's household—A famine and pestilence in Rome—Francesca's labours for the sick and poor—The miracles wrought in her behalf