Emilia Bicchieri, Italian saint (d. 1314)

Emilia Bicchieri (3 May 1238 – 3 May 1314) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Preachers. Bicchieri – born to a patrician – is best known for the construction of a Dominican convent in her hometown of Vercelli where she served as prioress.Her beatification came in 1769 after Pope Clement XIV issued formal ratification to the late religious' longstanding local 'cultus' – or popular devotion and worship.