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Angela Merici
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Foundress of the Ursulines
Key facts
- Born
- 21 March 1474, Desenzano del Garda , Republic of Venice
- Died
- 27 January 1540 (1540-01-27) (aged 65), Brescia , Republic of Venice
- Beatified
- 30 April 1768, Rome , Papal States , by Pope Clement XIII
- Canonized
- 24 May 1807, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Pius VII
- Major shrine
- Sanctuary of St. Angela Merici, Brescia, Italy
- Feast
- 27 January; 31 May (1861–1955); 1 June (1955–1969)
- Attributes
- Cloak, ladder
- Patronage
- Sickness, handicapped people, loss of parents, courage, strength, and determination
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Angela
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Desenzano del Garda
- Place of death
- Brescia
- Occupation
- nun
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Saint Angela Merici.jpg
- Religious order
- Third Order of Saint Francis
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- Commons category
- Angela Merici
- date of birth
- 1474-03-21
- date of death
- 1540-01-27
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- feast day
- January 27
- described by source
- Wikitólica
- subject has role
- Virgin
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Encyclopedic overview
Angela Merici (/məˈriːtʃi/ mə-REE-chee, Italian: [ˈandʒela meˈriːtʃi]; 21 March 1474 – 27 January 1540) was an Italian Catholic religious educator who founded the Company of St. Ursula in 1535 in Brescia, in which women dedicated their lives to the service of the church through the education of girls.
From this organisation later sprang the Order of Saint Ursula, whose nuns established places of prayer and learning throughout Europe and, later, worldwide, most notably in North America.
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