Enciclopedia Cattolica

Guardian Adorers of the Eucharist, known as Soeurs de Saint-Aignan

GUARDIANE ADORATRICI DELL'EUCARISTIA, DETTE SOEURS DE SAINT-AIGNAN

Volume VI · p. 719 · 1951

English translation · Testo originale italiano

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

GUARDIANE ADORATRICI DELL'EUCARISTIA, called SOEURS DE SAINT-AIGNAN. – A women’s religious institute, founded in 1853 by Msgr. Dupanloup, bishop of Orléans. On 15 November 1892 it received the decree of praise, and on 15 March 1897 the decree of approval.

The constitutions, approved experimentally in 1901 and definitively on 28 August 1908, were confirmed in accordance with the Code and approved in 1924.

The special purpose of the Institute is the adoration of the Most Holy Eucharist; but the sisters also engage in education

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(courtesy of Dr. G. Imbright) GUARDIA NOBILE PONTIFICIA - G. n. at the exit of the basilica of S. Pietro - Rome.
of the young, and of the care and assistance of poor sick persons, the needy, and the disinherited.

In 1947 the sisters numbered 140, distributed among 8 houses.

BIBL.: Archivio S. Congregazione dei Religiosi, D. 3. Agostino Pugliese
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“GUARDIANE ADORATRICI DELL'EUCARISTIA, DETTE SOEURS DE SAINT-AIGNAN.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), p. 719. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/guardiane-adoratrici-dell-eucaristia-dette-soeurs-de-saint-aignan.