Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Religious orders Women's orders and congregations

Little Sisters of the Assumption

PICCOLE SUORE DELL'ASSUNZIONE

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Also known as: French: Petites Sœurs de l'Assomption

LITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION. - They were founded in Paris in 1865 by Fr. Etienne

Pernet (v.) and by Mother Maria Antonietta of Jesus (Fage), for the free education of workers and their care in illness. In this charitable work the religious are assisted by ladies known as "Dames servantes des pauvres". They were approved by Leo XIII in 1881 and currently number 80 houses with 1500 sisters.

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BIBL.: anon., Il p. Stefano Pernet, Italian trans., Rome 1906; anon., Madre Maria di Gesù, Rome 1914.

Silverio Mattei

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By Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), p. 811.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Piccole Suore Dell'Assunzione.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, p. 811. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/piccole-suore-dell-assunzione.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Piccole Suore Dell'Assunzione.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, p. 811. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/piccole-suore-dell-assunzione.

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@incollection{ec9_piccole_suore_dell_assunzione,
  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Piccole Suore Dell'Assunzione},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/piccole-suore-dell-assunzione}
}

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