Jan 27 - St. Angela Merici 1470-1540 Angela Merici was born in the year 1470 at Decenzano, northern Italy, on the banks of Lake Garda. Even as a child she served God very fervently. She so loved modesty and purity of heart that she was quite generally venerated as a little saint in her native town.When she was in her 13th year she entered the Third Order of St.