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One of five children born to a wealthy and famous family, Maddalena’s father died and her mother abandoned them all to a governess when she was five years old. She was a nun, who studied in the Carmel of Trent, Italy and then in Conegliano, Italy. She developed a ministry to the poor in Verona, Italy based in the Canossa Castle of her family. She was the founder of the Canossian Daughters of Charity and the Canossian Sons of Charity with a mission of providing free education to poor children. By the end of the 20th century, there were more than 2,600 Canossians working around the world.
Born
- 1 March 1774 in Verona, Italy
Died
- 10 April 1835 in Verona, Italy of natural causes
Canonized
- 2 October 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Source: https://catholicsaints.info/saint-maddalena-of-canossa/
