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

Daughters of Compassion, Servants of the Lord

FIGLIE DELLA COMPASSIONE, SERVE DEL SIGNORE

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DAUGHTERS OF COMPASSION, SERVANTS OF THE LORD. - On 5 December 1841 the noblewoman Alfonsa Petit, after the death of her husband and daughters, consecrated herself entirely to the service of the poor sick, gathering them on her estate at Domfront. As the number of the sick increased she sought helpers, with whom she began an association, which Msgr. Gignoux, bishop of Beauvais, erected into a religious Congregation on 18 February 1854. Petit was its first superior under the name of Sister Mary of Compassion.

The specific purpose of the Institute is the care of the poor sick, including in their own homes. On 19 August 1869 Pius IX granted the decree of praise: the constitutions were approved provisionally in 1906, and definitively on 30 November 1932. The Institute has about twenty houses with 150 sisters.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Archivio S. Congr. dei Religiosi, B. 27.

Giulio Mandelli

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By Giulio Mandelli

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1264.

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Mandelli, Giulio. “Figlie della Compassione, serve del signore.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1264. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/figlie-della-compassione-serve-del-signore.

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Mandelli, Giulio. “Figlie della Compassione, serve del signore.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1264. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/figlie-della-compassione-serve-del-signore.

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  author    = {Mandelli, Giulio},
  title     = {Figlie della Compassione, serve del signore},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1264},
  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/figlie-della-compassione-serve-del-signore}
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