Blessed Colomba Matylda Gabriel

Also known as

• Janina Matylda Gabriel

Memorial

• 24 September

Profile

Founder of the Benedettine di Caritá (Benedictine Sisters of Charity).

Born

• 3 May 1858 at Ivano-Frankivsk, Poland (now in Ukraine) as Janina Matylda Gabriel

Died

• 24 September 1926 at Rome, Italy of natural causes

Venerated

• 10 July 1990 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 16 May 1993 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Colomba, contact
     Benedettine di Caritá
     Via Tor de’ Schiavi, 116
     00172 Roma, ITALY

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Colomba Matylda Gabriel”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 October 2012. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-colomba-matylda-gabriel/>