Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Religious orders Women's orders and congregations

Handmaids of the Most Holy Sacrament

ANCELLE del S.mo SACRAMENTO

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HANDMAIDS of the Most Holy SACRAMENT. - Religious institute founded in Paris in 1859 by Blessed Peter Julian Eymard and by Marguerite Guillot; it was approved by the Holy See on 21 July 1871.

The essential purpose of the institution is Eucharistic worship, with continuous adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament carried out in turn by the sisters. The institute numbers 300 sisters in 15 houses.

Bibliography

BIBL.: A. Tesnière, Compendio della vita del beato Pietro Giuliano Eymard, Milan 1925.

Enrico Evers

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By Enrico Evers

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), coll. 1165–1168.

More by Enrico Evers: Eymard, Pierre-Julien, Blessed

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Evers, Enrico. “ANCELLE del S.mo SACRAMENTO.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 1165–1168. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/ancelle-del-s-mo-sacramento.

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Evers, Enrico. “ANCELLE del S.mo SACRAMENTO.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 1165–1168. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ancelle-del-s-mo-sacramento.

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@incollection{ec1_ancelle_del_s_mo_sacramento,
  author    = {Evers, Enrico},
  title     = {ANCELLE del S.mo SACRAMENTO},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1165--1168},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ancelle-del-s-mo-sacramento}
}

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