Blessed Luigia Poloni
Also known as
Mother Vincenza Maria
Additional Memorial
10 September (Sisters of Mercy of Verona as the anniversary of the profession of the first Sisters)
Profile
Baptized on the day of her birth, the youngest of the twelve children, she was raised in a pious family, the daughter of a small businessman who ran a combination pharmacy and grocery in the heart of Verona, Italy. When her fathers died, Luigia took over the family finances. Spiritual student of Blessed Charles Steeb. Nun. Co-founder, with Blessed Charles Steeb of the Sisters of Mercy of Verona to work with the elderly and with abandoned girls; the first group of sisters organized on 2 November 1840, and made their first profession on 10 September 1848. The Sisters continue their good work today in Italy, Germany, Portugal, Albania, Tanzania, Angola, Burundi, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and have been joined by the affiliated Laity of Mercy.
Born
26 January 1802 in Verona, Italy
Died
11 November 1855 in Verona, Italy of cancer
Beatified
• Sunday 21 September 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI
• beatification recognition celebrated at Verona, Italy presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
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