CAMBIAGIO, BENEDETTA. – Religious, foundress of the Benedictine Providence (v.), b. at Langasco on 2 October 1791, d. at Ronco Scrivia on 21 March 1858. The widow of G. B. Frassinello, she devoted herself entirely to the education of abandoned youth. She was a woman of great virtue, and her cause for beatification is currently under way.
BIBL.: V. Bondiani, Suor B. C., Verona 1925; L. Traverso, La serva di Dio madre B. C., Milan 1939. Silverio Mattei