[4] Aldobrandesca was "a matron of good standing";[1] when she was a young woman, her parents arranged a marriage for her, which she reluctantly agreed to and she grew to love her husband.
[2] Rebecca McCarthy includes a short description of Aldobrandesca in her book about the history of the Magdalene Laundries and their "work done to reform prostitutes in late-Middle-Ages Italy" who "represented a private spiritual calling rather than a municipal or community endeavor".
The nurse, thinking that Aldobrandesca had died, called other members of the staff, some of which were amazed and some of which were amused and scoffed her; they pinched her, pierced her with needles, and burnt her with lighted candles.
[4] Loyola Press reports that Aldobranesca was "a popular curiosity" in Siena because of her miracles, visions, and ecstasies and that she performed charitable deeds until the day she died on April 26, 1309.
According to hagiographer Alban Butler, her tomb was at one time "a great centre of devotion"[1] at Saint Thomas Church in Siena.