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This saint, born in 1474, has the double distinction of founding the first of what are now called “secular institutes” (the Company of Saint Ursula) and the first teaching order of women in the Church. She is featured on four Vatican stamps, including one stamp that is part of the iconic "Council of Trent" issue of 1946. She is the patron saint of teachers and educators, and her feast day is January 27th. Who is this saint?

St. Angela Merici - foundress of the Ursula sisters and patron saint of teachers.<br><br> <b>See also:</b><br> • <a href='https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-angela-merici'>Saint Angela Merici</a> <i>SAINT OF THE DAY</i> https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-angela-merici<br> • <a href='https://vaticanstamps.org/UFN/images/1990-2-04-1.jpg'>450th Anniversary Of The Death Of St. Angela Merici</a> UFN Bulletin 90-04<br> • Thomas I Crimando, <a href='http://vaticanstamps.org/vaticannotes/idisplay2.php?p=231-01'>New Issues</a> <i>Vatican Notes</i> Volume 39, Issue 1 July 1990, Page 1<br><br> <center> <img src='http://vaticanstamps.org/VPS/images/296/111.jpg' height='225px'><br> St. Angela Merici<br> Scott # 111 (1946)<br>(Council of Trent series) <br><br> <img src='http://vaticanstamps.org/VPS/images/296/850.jpg' height='225px'>   <img src='http://vaticanstamps.org/VPS/images/296/851.jpg' height='225px'>   <img src='http://vaticanstamps.org/VPS/images/296/852.jpg' height='225px'> <br> 450th Anniversary of Death St. Angela Merici<br> Scott # 850-852 (1990) </center><br><br>

Used "Franciscan Media's "Saint of the Day" daily e-mail as the basis of the question. Link is: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-angela-merici Corroborated using "Oxford Dictionary of the Saints" (David Farmer, 2004).