Bartolomea Capitanio Saint

Bartolomea Capitanio (1807 – 26 July 1833) born in Lovere, Italy was, with Vincenza Gerosa, one of the foundresses of the Catholic religious institute the Sisters of Charity of Lovere.Bartolomea was seventeen when she first become acquainted with Vincenza, a fellow native of Lovere. They created their congregation to teach the young and nurse the sick, following the principles of Saint Vincent de Paul. Saint Bartolomea died in 1833, at the age of twenty-six. Even without support of an established order, they managed to start a home for orphaned girls, school and hospital

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Birth dateJanuary 01, 1807
Birth place
Italy , Lovere , Lombardy
Date of deathJuly 26, 1833
TitleFoundress

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canonized by
Pope Pius XII
venerated in
Catholic Church

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