She then joined the small Benedictine Monastery of Saint Michael in Cingoli, where she was later elected abbess.

One legend tells that she could provide delicious cherries to feed hungry laborers in the middle of January.

The legend is recalled in a painting by Pier Simone Fanelli in the Chiesa di Santa Sperandia in Cingoli, which depicts an angel presenting the nun with a basket of cherries.

Sperandia is depicted in Lorenzo Lotto's altarpiece for the Church of San Domenico in Cingoli, the 1539 Madonna del Rosario.

She stands between the kneeling Saint Esuperanzio and Peter of Verona, holding lilies and a crucifix.