St. Maria di Rosa (1813-1855)
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(EWTN) Born into a wealthy family at Italy Brescia, Maria is the founder of the Handmaids of Charity (also known as the ‘Servants of Charity’) by the age of 17 Maria was managing her father’s household and caring for the girls in her father’s mill and estate.
During the cholera epidemic of 1836 Maria became well known as she directed a ‘Home for Girls’ together with another residence for deaf an mute children and young ladies. In 1840 Maria became Superior of a community that evolved into a congregation — the Women of the ‘Servants of Charity’ ministered to the wounded on the battlefield of Northern Italy and in hospitals.
Sister Maria passed away on this date, in 1940 – she was Beatified and Canonized in 1954 by Pope Pius XII
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