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Cambiagio, Benedetta

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CAMBIAGIO, BENEDETTA. - Religious, foundress of the Benedictines of Our Lady of Providence (v.), b. at Langasco on 2 Oct. 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 virtues, and her cause for beatification is in progress.

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BIBL.: V. Bondiani, Suor B. C., Verona 1925; L. Traverso, La serva di Dio madre B. C., Milano 1939.

Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 422.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Cambiagio, benedetta.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 422. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cambiagio-benedetta.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Cambiagio, benedetta.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 422. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cambiagio-benedetta.

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@incollection{ec3_cambiagio_benedetta,
  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Cambiagio, benedetta},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {422},
  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/cambiagio-benedetta}
}

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