Angela Merichi (21 Machi 1474 – 27 Januari 1540) alikuwa mtawa nchini Italia. Ametambuliwa na Kanisa Katoliki kuwa mtakatifu. Sikukuu yake ni tarehe 27 Januari. Angela Merichi alizaliwa eneo liitwalo Desenzano, karibu na mji wa Brescia nchini Italia, tarehe 21 Machi, mwaka 1474. Alifuata kanuni za Utawa wa Tatu wa Mt. Fransisko, akawakusanya pamoja wasichana, ambao aliwafundisha kutenda matendo ya huruma. Mwaka 1535, huko Bresha, alianzisha shirika la Waursula, chama cha wanawake waliojishughulisha kuwafundisha wasichana maskini jinsi ya kuwa Wakristo wema. Alifariki mwaka 1540. Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko Martyrologium Romanum Q. Mazzonis, "The Impact of Renaissance Gender-Related Notions on the Female Experience of the Sacred: The Case of Angela Merici's Ursulines," in Laurence Lux-Sterritt and Carmen Mangion (eds), Gender, Catholicism and Spirituality: Women and the Roman Catholic Church in Britain and Europe, 1200-1900 (Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Angela Merici Founder Statue at St. Peter's Basilica Places in the life of St. Angela Merici Archived 8 Mei 2006 at the Wayback Machine.