Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Religious orders Women's orders and congregations

Basilians

BASILIANE

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Also known as: Italian: Suore Basiliane Figlie di Santa Macrina

BASILIANS. - Daughter of St. Macrina, a Congregation of the Byzantine rite, founded according to the Statistica della gerarchia e dei Fedeli di rito orientale (Vatican City 1932, p. 391) in Nov. 1921 at Mezzoluso, diocese of Palermo, by the hieromonk Nilo Borgia of Grottaferrata and approved by decree of 19 July 1930 by the archbishop of Monreale, when the mother house of Palazzo Adriano, situated in the aforementioned diocese, was erected. Their purpose is the education of young women and the apostolate of charity among the people.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 950.

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“Basiliane.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 950. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/basiliane.

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“Basiliane.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 950. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/basiliane.

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@incollection{ec2_basiliane,
  author    = {Redazione},
  title     = {Basiliane},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {950},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/basiliane}
}

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