Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Religious orders Women's orders and congregations

Congregation of the Sacred Hearts

CONGREGAZIONE DEI SACRI CUORI

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CONGREGATION OF THE SACRED HEARTS. - Istituto femminile sorto a Poitiers nel 1797 per opera del sac. Pietro Coudrin e della contessa Enrichetta Aymer de la Chevalerie.It has a contemplative and active purpose, with perpetual adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament. It also has schools for the education of youth, extern houses and places of care for the sick. Its houses, 56 in number, are scattered throughout Europe, America and Australia, with over 1,600 nuns.

Bibliography

BIBL.: E. Lemoine, La très rêv. mère Henriette Aymer de la Chevalerie, Paris 1912.

Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 286.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Congregazione dei Sacri Cuori.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 286. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/congregazione-dei-sacri-cuori.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Congregazione dei Sacri Cuori.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 286. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/congregazione-dei-sacri-cuori.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Congregazione dei Sacri Cuori},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {286},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/congregazione-dei-sacri-cuori}
}

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