in a cell next to the Dominican Church of Pavia Sibyllina Biscossi was born to a distinguished and religious family of Pavia in 1287. She became an orphan at a very young age and therefore had to earn a living for herself as a servant. When she was twelve, she completely lost her eye-sight and was taken in by some nuns of the
Dominican Order. With fifteen years she became a member of the
Third Order of Saint Dominic and confined herself to a small cell next to the
church of the Dominicans in Pavia. There, she lived a life of
asceticism and
contemplation and was visited by many who asked for her advice and comfort. She died on March 19 1367 surrounded by the religious of her order after having received the
Final Sacrament. ==Veneration==