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

Daughters of Jesus (Verona)

FIGLIE DI GESÙ (VERONA)

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DAUGHTERS OF JESUS (Verona). - A female religious institute founded in Verona for the instruction and education of young women by the priest Pietro Leonardi (1769-1844), a man of great charitable activity and tireless zeal for souls. Approved by the Holy See, the Institute is spread throughout northern Italy with 35 houses and 237 sisters.

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BIBL.: C. Bresciani, Vita di d. Pietro Leonardi, Verona 1855; anonymous, D. Pietro Leonardi, cenni biografici, ibid. 1912.

Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1270.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Figlie di Gesù (Verona).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1270. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/figlie-di-gesu-verona.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Figlie di Gesù (Verona).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1270. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/figlie-di-gesu-verona.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Figlie di Gesù (Verona)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1270},
  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-di-gesu-verona}
}

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