Ursulines
Sign in to savethumb|right|Saint Ursula, painted byBenozzo Gozzoli () The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula (post-nominals: OSU), is an enclosed religious order of women that in 1572 branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula. The Ursulines trace their origins to the Angeline foundress Angela Merici and likewise place themselves under the patronage of Saint Ursula. While the Ursulines took up a monastic way of life under the Rule of Saint Augustine, the Angelines operate as a secular institute. The largest group within the Ursulines is the Ursulines of the Rom
Key facts
- Organization.image
- File:OSULogo.png
- Organization.image_size
- 150px
- Organization.predecessor
- Angelines
- Organization.type
- Enclosed religious order
- Organization.founder
- Angela Merici
- Organization.named_after
- Saint Ursula
- Organization.leader_title
- Prioress General
- Organization.leader_name
- Susan Flood
- Organization.affiliations
- Catholic Church
- Organization.name
- Order of Saint Ursula
- Organization.abbreviation
- OSU
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Ursulines in North America
- Canada
- United States
- Ursulines in Ireland
- Ursulines in Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Victoria
- Australian Capital Territory
- Role in education
- Colleges and universities
- Secondary education
- Saints, Blesseds, and other holy people from the Ursuline family
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|Saint Ursula, painted byBenozzo Gozzoli () The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula (post-nominals: OSU), is an enclosed religious order of women that in 1572 branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula. The Ursulines trace their origins to the Angeline foundress Angela Merici and likewise place themselves under the patronage of Saint Ursula. While the Ursulines took up a monastic way of life under the Rule of Saint Augustine, the Angelines operate as a secular institute. The largest group within the Ursulines is the Ursulines of the Roman Union.
==History== In 1572 in Milan, under Charles Borromeo, the Archbishop of Milan, members of the Company of Saint Ursula chose to become an enclosed religious order. Pope Gregory XIII placed them under the Rule of Saint Augustine. Especially in France, groups of the company began to re-shape themselves as cloistered nuns, under solemn vows, and dedicated to the education of girls within the walls of their monasteries.