BENEDETTA CAMBIAGIO. – Religious, foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady of Providence (q.v.), born at Langasco on 2 October 1791, died at Ronco Scrivia on 21 March 1858. 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 of beatification is under way.
Bibl.: V. Bondiani, Suor B. C., Verona 1925; L. Traverso, La serva di Dio madre B. C., Milano 1939. Silverio Mattei