Saint Gertrude Caterina Comensoli

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• 18 February

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Founder of the Institute of Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.

Born

• 18 January 1847 in Biennio, Brescia, Italy

Died

• 18 February 1903 in Bergamo, Italy of natural causes

Venerated

• 26 April 1961 by Pope Blessed John XXIII (decree on heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 1 October 1989 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• 26 April 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI