This religious founder was canonized by St. Pope JPII

St. Maria Magdalen of Canossa

Facts

Feastday: May 8
Birth: 1774
Death: 1835
Canonized By: Pope John Paul II

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Foundress of the Daughters of Charity at Verona, Italy. Born in 1774, she was the daughter of the Marquis of Canossa, who died when Maria Magdalen was three. Her mother abandoned the family, and Maria Magdalen managed her father's estate until she was thirty-three, then founding her institute. When she died, her Daughters of Charity were widespread. She was canonized in 1988 by Pope John Paul