Enciclopedia Cattolica

Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts

SALESIANE DEI SACRI CUORI

Volume X · p. 984 · 1953

English translation · Testo originale italiano

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

SALESIANE DEI SACRI CUORI. — Founded in Lecce in 1884 by Fr. Filippo Smaldone for the care and education of deaf-mute and blind girls.

They obtained the decree of praise and temporary approval of the Constitutions on 30 November 1915, and definitive approval on 5 April 1925. They number 38 houses and 308 sisters.

BIBL.: Arch. of the S. Congr. of Religious, L. 50.

Candido Bona

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“SALESIANE DEI SACRI CUORI.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), p. 984. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/salesiane-dei-sacri-cuori.