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Guerra, Elena

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Also known as: Venerable Elena Guerra; Italian: Suor Elena Guerra

GUERRA, ELENA. - Foundress of the Institute of the Oblates of the Holy Spirit, commonly called Sisters of St. Zita, for the Christian education of youth and the particular cult of the Holy Spirit, b. in Lucca on 23 June 1835, d. there on 11 April 1914.

Of comfortable circumstances, she spent her youth in study and in catechetical apostolate, enrolled in the Pious Union of the Daughters of Mary. With some companions, on 9 December 1872 she began to live a religious life, giving rise to her Institute. She wrote several works of asceticism, from which it appears how profound was her knowledge of Sacred Scripture.

In 1936 the cause of her beatification was introduced before the Sacred Congregation of Rites.

Bibliography

BIBL.: P. Scavizzi, E. G. apostola dello Spirito Santo, Lucca 1939.

Silverio Mattei

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By Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1239.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Guerra, elena.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1239. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/guerra-elena.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Guerra, elena.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1239. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/guerra-elena.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Guerra, elena},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1239},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/guerra-elena}
}

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