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

Benedictines of Our Lady of Providence

BENEDETTINE DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DELLA PROVVIDENZA

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Also known as: Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady of Providence; Italian: Suore Benedettine della Provvidenza, Suore Benedettine di Nostra Signora della Provvidenza

BENEDICTINE SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF PROVIDENCE. - Congregation founded by Sister Benedetta Cambiagio, who, with the consent of her husband Giovanni Frassinello, established in Pavia in 1826 the House of the Abandoned, and, some years later, the Congregation of the B. sisters. The task of the B. of N. S. d. Pr. was, from its origins, the Christian education of youth and especially of poor, abandoned or at-risk girls, by means of nurseries, schools, workshops, etc. The constitutions were approved by the Holy See in 1937. The congregation has 35 houses and about 200 religious.

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BIBL.: V. Bondiani, Suor Benedetta Cambiagio, Verona 1925; L. Traverso, Madre Benedetta Cambiagio, Milano 1939.

Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 1233.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Benedettine di Nostra Signora della Provvidenza.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 1233. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/benedettine-di-nostra-signora-della-provvidenza.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Benedettine di Nostra Signora della Provvidenza.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1233. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/benedettine-di-nostra-signora-della-provvidenza.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Benedettine di Nostra Signora della Provvidenza},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {1233},
  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/benedettine-di-nostra-signora-della-provvidenza}
}

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