On the feast of All Saints she fell into an ecstasy and took no nourishment until the feast of St. Cecelia three weeks later. While meditating on the Holy Spirit she was raised four feet from the ground and hovered in full view of many onlookers. She appeared to be pierced with the arms of Our Lord's cross and blood flowed freely from her side and her mouth. She expressed prophetic knowledge of matters of which she could not have naturally known. Saint Flora remained humble and in complete communion with her Divine Master. In 1347 she was called to her eternal reward and many miracles were worked at her tomb.
Patroness of the abandoned, converts, single laywomen and victims of betrayal. Feast day: October 5.
Saint Flora was born in France in 1309. In 1324 she entered the Priory of Beaulieu of the Hospitaller nuns of Saint John of Jerusalem. Some of her religious sisters made sport of her and she fell into a depressed state. She never ceased to find favor with God and was granted many unusual and mystical favors.