Maria Bernarda Bütler Saint

St. Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848–1924), born Verena Bütler, was a Swiss saint. She founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians and was a missionary in Ecuador. Eventually, her congregation had houses in Colombia, Austria, and Brazil.

Personal facts

Maria Bernarda Bütler
Birth dateMay 28, 1848
Birth place
Aargau , Switzerland , Auw Aargau
Date of deathMay 19, 1924
Place of death
Cartagena Colombia

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beatified by
Pope John Paul II
beatified dateOctober 29, 1995
canonized by
Pope Benedict XVI
canonized dateOctober 12, 2008
canonized place
Rome
venerated in
Catholic Church

Maria Bernarda Bütler on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27142490
  2. http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=190137