Foundress of the Italian Sisters of Charity of Lovere with St. Vincenzia Gerosa. She was born in 1807.Young, she was the guiding light of the congregation. The Sisters of Charity of Lovere was approved in 1840.
Bartolomea Capitanio (13 January 1807 – 26 July 1833) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere that she established with Vincenza Gerosa.[1][2] Capitanio’s rather short life was dedicated to the educational needs of children and the poor and she served as a teacher for most of her life while using her order to achieve this aim.[3]
Pope Pius XI beatified her in 1926 and Pope Pius XII canonized her – alongside her old friend Gerosa – in 1950.
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