Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon
Foundress of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Marianist Sisters), Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon (1789-…
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Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
Born in 1274 in Tuscany, Agnes of Montepulciano manifested early piety before becoming a major figure of the Order of Sa…
Alix Le Clerc
Alix Le Clerc (1576-1622) was a religious sister from Lorraine, who founded the Congregation of Our Lady (Canonesses of …
Alphonse-Marie Eppinger
Elisabeth Eppinger (Mother Alphonse-Marie) is the foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Holy Saviour,…
Ana Petra Pérez Florido
Foundress of the Congregation of the Mothers of the Abandoned, she dedicated her life to the most destitute and built th…
Saint Angela Merici
Born in Desenzano, Angela Merici dedicated herself to piety and penance from childhood. After pilgrimages to Jerusalem a…
Angela Truszkowska
Sofia Camilla Truszkowska (1825-1899), in religion Mother Angela, is the Polish foundress of the Congregation of the Sis…
Blessed Angeline of Marsciano
Born in 1377 near Orvieto, Angeline of Marsciano dedicated her life to God despite a forced marriage, which she lived in…
Aniela Róża Godecka
Aniela Róża Godecka (1861-1937) was the co-founder of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of …
Anna Kaworek
Anna Kaworek (1872-1936) was the co-foundress and first Superior General of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Mic…
Anna Maria Adorni Botti
Anna Maria Adorni Botti (1805-1893) was an Italian widow, foundress of the congregation of the Handmaids of the Immacula…
Anna Maria Fiorelli Lapini
Foundress of the congregation of the Poor Daughters of the Holy Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi (the Stigmatines), d…
Anna Maria Janer Anglarill
Anna Maria Janer Anglarill (1800-1885) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of the …
Anna Maria Katherina Scherer
Anna Maria Katherina Scherer (1825-1888), in religion Mother Maria Theresia, was a Swiss religious sister, co-foundress …
Anna Teresa Caterina Lussana
Anna Teresa Caterina Lussana (1852-1935), in religion Sister Maria Margherita, was an Italian religious, co-foundress of…
Anne de Xainctonge
Foundress of the Company of Saint Ursula of Dole, Anne de Xainctonge (1567-1621) dedicated her life to the free educatio…
Anne-Marie Rivier
French religious (1768-1838), foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, dedicated to the…
Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti
Foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy of Cemmo, dedicated to the education of poor young girls.
Annunciata Cocchetti
Foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy of Cemmo, Annunciata Cocchetti dedicated her life to the e…
Antonia Maria Verna
A humble peasant from Piedmont, Antonia Maria Verna dedicated her life to the free education of poor children and the ca…
Antonietta Giugliano
Antonietta Giugliano (1909-1960) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Little Servants o…
Ascensión Nicol Goñi
Ascensión Nicol Goñi (1868-1940) was a Spanish religious sister, co-founder of the congregation of the Dominican Mission…
Assunta Marchetti
Co-foundress of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians), she dedicated her life to the service of…
Barbara Maix
Barbara Maix (1818-1873), in religion Maria Barbara of the Most Holy Trinity, was an Austrian religious, foundress of th…
Bartolomea Capitanio
Italian religious (1807-1833), Bartolomea Capitanio founded in Lovere, with Vincenza Gerosa, the Institute of the Sister…
Blessed Beatrice of Este
A princess of the illustrious House of Este and widow of the Lord of Vicenza, Beatrice followed her aunt's example by de…
Beatrice of Silva
A Portuguese noblewoman who became a nun in Toledo, Beatrice of Silva founded the Order of the Immaculate Conception (th…
Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello
A wife who became a religious, Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello founded the Benedictine Sisters of Providence in 1838 in …
Bernarda Heimgartner
Swiss religious, co-founder and first Superior General of the Sisters of the Holy Cross of Menzingen, declared Venerable…
Bernardyna Maria Jabłońska
Co-founder of the Congregation of the Albertine Sisters Servants of the Poor, she dedicated her life to the service of t…
Bianca Piccolomini Clementini
Foundress of the Company of Saint Angela Merici of Siena, Bianca Piccolomini Clementini dedicated her life to the educat…
Bolesława Lament
Bolesława Lament (1862-1946) was a Polish religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of t…
Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro
Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro (1837-1905), a working ropemaker from Salamanca, founded the congregation of the Servants o…
Brigida Maria Postorino
Foundress of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate, Brigida Maria Postorino dedicated her life to the educat…
Brigida Morello Zancano
Brigida Morello Zancano (1610-1679) was an Italian widow and foundress of the Congregation of the Ursulines of Mary Imma…
Camila Rolón
Argentine religious sister and foundress of the Poor Sisters of Saint Joseph, dedicated to the poor and the sick.
Candelaria of Saint Joseph
Venezuelan foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of Mother Candelaria, she dedicated her life to the care of the sick and t…
Candelaria of San José
Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of Mother Candelaria, she dedicated her life to the care of the sick and the most des…
Candida Maria of Jesus
A Spanish religious sister of Basque origin, Candida Maria of Jesus (1845-1912) founded the congregation of the Daughter…
Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez
A Venezuelan religious sister born without a left arm, Carmen Rendiles Martínez founded the congregation of the Servants…
Carolina Santocanale
An Italian religious born in Palermo in 1852, Carolina Santocanale, in religion Mary of Jesus, founded the Capuchin Sist…
Caroline Baron
Caroline Baron (1820-1882), in religion Mother Françoise du Saint-Esprit, is the foundress of the congregation of the Fr…
Caterina Carrasco Tenorio
Caterina Carrasco Tenorio (1840-1917), in religion Mary of the Incarnation of Saint Francis of Assisi, was a Spanish rel…
Caterina Coromina i Agustí
Caterina Coromina i Agustí (1824-1893) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Josephine Sisters of Charity, de…
Caterina Sordini
Caterina Sordini (1770-1824), in religion Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation, was an Italian religious sister and foundre…
Caterina Volpicelli
Caterina Volpicelli, a Neapolitan religious (1839-1894), founded the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart in 1874, dedicated to…
Catherine Aurélie of the Precious Blood
Foundress of the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood in Canada, declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2016.
Catherine McAuley
Catherine McAuley (1778-1841) was an Irish religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy.
Catherine Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament
Catherine de Bar, in religion Mother Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament, is the founder of the Institute of the Benedict…
Cayetana Alberta Giménez Adrover
Cayetana Alberta Giménez Adrover (1837-1922), known as Mother Alberta, was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the …
Celestina Bottego
Foundress of the Missionary Society of Mary (Xaverian Missionary Sisters), Celestina Bottego dedicated her life to missi…
Celia Méndez y Delgado
Celia Méndez y Delgado (1844-1908), co-foundress of the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Divine Heart with Blessed M…
Celine Borzecka
Celine Borzecka (1833-1913) was a Polish religious, co-foundress with her daughter Hedwig of the Congregation of the Sis…
Chiara Lubich
Chiara Lubich (1920-2008) is the foundress of the Focolare Movement, a work dedicated to unity, universal fraternity, an…
Clara Fey
Clara Fey (1815-1894) was a German religious sister, foundress of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus, dedicated to the …
Blessed Clare of Rimini
A noble lady of Rimini in the 13th century, Clare turned to heroic penance after a second marriage and family tragedies.…
Claudia Russo
Claudia Russo (1889-1964) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the congregation of the Poor Daughters of the Vi…
Claudine Thévenet
A French religious sister born in Lyon in 1774, Claudine Thévenet founded the Congregation of the Religious of Jesus and…
Clelia Barbieri
Clelia Barbieri (1847-1870) was an Italian religious sister, who at twenty-one founded the Minims of Our Lady of Sorrows…
Clelia Merloni
Foundress of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, she overcame trials and calumnies through silence and forgivenes…
Clorinda Letizia Formai
Clorinda Letizia Formai (1876-1954), in religion Mother Serafina, was an Italian religious sister and foundress of the c…
Clotilde Micheli
Clotilde Micheli (1849-1911), in religion Sister Maria Serafina of the Sacred Heart, is the foundress of the Institute o…
Coloma Antònia Martí y Valls
Coloma Antònia Martí y Valls (1860-1899), in religion Sister Francesca de les Llagues de Jesús, was a Spanish Poor Clare…
Colomba Matylda Gabriel
Colomba Matylda Gabriel (1858-1926) was a Polish Benedictine nun, foundress in Rome of the Congregation of the Benedicti…
Cornelia Connelly
Foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, Cornelia Connelly (1809-1879) was an American educator whose life was …
Costanza Starace
Costanza Starace (1845-1921), in religion Sister Maria Maddalena of the Passion, was an Italian religious sister and fou…
Délia Tétreault
Délia Tétreault (1865-1941) is the foundress of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, the first Canadian …
Dolores Márquez Romero
Dolores Márquez Romero (1817-1904) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Philippian Siste…
Elena Aiello
Foundress of the Minims of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Italian mystic, known for her stigmata and her dedic…
Elena Guerra
Elena Guerra (1835-1914) was an Italian religious sister from Lucca, founder of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit and a maj…
Eleonora López de Maturana
Eleonora López de Maturana (Sister Leonor of Saint Louis) was a Spanish Carmelite Sister of Charity, a missionary in Arg…
Elisa Miceli
Elisa Miceli (1904-1976) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the congregation of the Rural Catechist Sisters o…
Elisabetta Girelli
Elisabetta Girelli (1839-1919) was an Italian consecrated laywoman, restorer of the Company of Saint Ursula of Brescia w…
Elisabetta Martinez
Italian religious sister and foundress of the congregation of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Leuca, dedicated to the ser…
Elisabetta Vendramini
Elisabetta Vendramini (1790-1860) was an Italian religious, foundress of the congregation of the Franciscan Tertiary Sis…
Eliswa Vakayil
Foundress of the Third Order of the Discalced Carmelites in Kerala, Eliswa Vakayil dedicated her life to contemplative p…
Elizabeth Ann Seton
The first saint born in the United States, Elizabeth Ann Seton, a widow who converted to Catholicism, founded the Sister…
Elizabeth Prout
Elizabeth Prout (1820-1864), in religion Mother Mary Joseph of Jesus, was an English religious sister, foundress of the …
Emilia Chapellín Istúriz
Foundress of the congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor of Maiquetía in Venezuela, Emilia Chapellín Istúriz dedi…
Emily de Vialar
A French religious sister born in Gaillac in 1797, Emily de Vialar founded the missionary congregation of the Sisters of…
Eugenia Maria Ravasco
Eugenia Maria Ravasco (1845-1900) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of the…
Eugénie Smet (Marie de la Providence)
Eugénie Smet (1825-1871), in religion Marie de la Providence, is the French foundress of the Society of the Helpers of t…
Florenza Giovanna Profilio
Foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Lipari, she dedicated her life to the education and …
Frances Margaret Taylor
Frances Margaret Taylor (1832-1900), in religion Mother Magdalen of the Sacred Heart, was a Crimean War nurse who conver…
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Italian religious sister (1850-1917), foundress of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and apostle to It…
Francinaina Cirer Carbonell
Francinaina Cirer Carbonell (1781-1855) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of …
Francisca del Espíritu Santo Fuentes
Foundress of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in the Philippines, Francisca del Espír…
Francisca Pascual Doménech
Francisca Pascual Doménech (1833-1903), in religion Francisca de la Concepción, was a Spanish religious sister and found…
Franciszka Siedliska
Franciszka Siedliska (1842-1902), in religion Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd, was a Polish religious sister and foundre…
Blessed Françoise d'Amboise
Françoise d'Amboise, Duchess of Brittany in the 15th century, distinguished herself by her early piety and wise influenc…
Franziska Streitel
Franziska Streitel (1844-1911), in religion Mother Mary Frances of the Cross, was a German religious sister and foundres…
Gaetana Sterni
Gaetana Sterni (1827-1889) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine W…
Genoveva Torres Morales
Spanish religious (1870-1956), Genoveva Torres Morales founded the congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Je…
Gertrude Comensoli
Gertrude Comensoli (1847-1903) was an Italian religious sister, foundress in Bergamo of the Sacramentine Sisters, dedica…
Giovanna Francesca Michelotti
Anna Michelotti (1843-1888), in religion Sister Giovanna Francesca, is the foundress of the congregation of the Little S…
Giovanna Meneghini
Foundress of the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Giovanna Meneghini dedicated her life to the education an…
Giulia Crostarosa
Giulia Crostarosa (1696-1755), in religion Sister Maria Celeste, was an Italian mystic and the foundress of the Order of…
Giulia Salzano
Italian religious (1846-1929), Giulia Salzano was a tireless catechist in Casoria and founded the congregation of the Ca…
Giuseppina Gabriela Bonino
Foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Savigliano, dedicated to the service of the poor, orp…
Giuseppina Vannini
Giuseppina Vannini (1859-1911), a Roman religious sister, co-founded with Blessed Luigi Tezza the congregation of the Da…
Giustina Schiapparoli
Co-foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Divine Providence of Voghera, Giustina Schiapparoli dedicated her life to the…
Gloria Esperanza Elizondo García
Mexican religious sister and Superior General of the Catechist Missionary Sisters of the Poor, declared Venerable in 202…
Helena Stollenwerk
Co-foundress of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, Helena Stollenwerk (Mother Maria) dedicated her life…
Henriette Delille
Henriette Delille (1813-1862) was a free woman of color and religious sister, foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Famil…
Hildegard Burjan
An Austrian politician of Jewish origin who converted to Catholicism, Hildegard Burjan founded the Caritas Socialis to s…
Blessed Ida, Countess of Boulogne
A descendant of Charlemagne and mother of Godfrey of Bouillon, Ida was a countess exemplary for her piety and charity. A…
Ignacia del Espíritu Santo
Foundress of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, the first native religious congregation for women in …
Ilia Corsaro
Ilia Corsaro (1897-1977) is the foundress of the Congregation of the Little Eucharistic Missionaries, dedicated to educa…
Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez
Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez (1836-1899) was a religious sister of Philippine and Spanish origin, foundress of the Congregat…
Isabela de Rosis
Isabela de Rosis (1842-1911) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Reparation Sisters of…
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
Widowed at twenty-eight after the accidental death of her husband, Jane Frances Frémyot dedicated herself to the educati…
Jeanne Chézard de Matel
Jeanne Chézard de Matel (1596-1670) was a French mystic and the foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed…
Jeanne Delanoue
A merchant from Saumur converted to the service of the poor, Jeanne Delanoue founded the Congregation of Saint Anne of P…
Jeanne Jugan
Breton religious sister (1792-1879), foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor, dedicated to the service of the destit…
Jeanne-Antide Thouret
French religious (1765-1826), founder in Besançon of the Sisters of Charity, a congregation dedicated to the poor and th…
Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages
A religious sister from Poitou, Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages (1773-1838) founded with Saint Andre-Hubert Fournet th…
Saint Joan of Valois
Daughter of Louis XI and the neglected wife of Louis XII, Joan of Valois accepted her repudiation with piety to dedicate…
Mary Ward
Mary Ward (1585-1645) was an English religious sister, foundress of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM), and…
Venerable Mother Jeanne de Lestonnac
Widow of the Marquis de Montferrant, Jeanne de Lestonnac founded the Order of Our Lady in Bordeaux, dedicated to the edu…
Teresa Eustochio Verzeri
Italian religious born in Bergamo in 1801, Teresa Eustochio (Ignazia) Verzeri founded the congregation of the Daughters …