Saint Clelia Barbieri

Also known as

• Cloelia Barbieri

Memorial

• 13 July

Profile

From her earliest life, Clelia paid no attention to this world, focused solely on the spiritual life. Founded the Congregation of Minims of the Sorrowful Mother who concentrate on ministering in hospitals and elementary schools to the sick, the aged, the lonely, and a prayer ministry for the poor. Since her death, her voice has been heard in the houses of her order, accompanying her sisters in song.

Born

• 13 February 1847 at Bundrie di San Giovanni, Persiceto, Italy

Died

• 13 July 1870 at Bologna, Italy of tuberculosis

Beatified

• 2 October 1968 by Pope Paul VI

Canonized

• 9 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II

Patronage

people ridiculed for their piety

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• John Paul II’s Book of Saints, by Matthew Bunson and Margaret Bunson
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Sanctuario di Santa Clelia Barbieri [italiano]
• Santi Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Clelia Barbieri”. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 October 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-clelia-barbieri/>