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July 13

Clelia Barbieri (1847–1870)

Founding religious

Nun from Bologna, Italy, founder of the Congregation of the Minimum Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows for the care of poor children.

Biography

Paul VI beatified her on October 27, 1967 and she was canonized by John Paul II on April 9, 1989.

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