Augustina Pietrantoni
Augustina Pietrantoni (birth name Livia Pietrantoni ) (born March 27, 1864 in Pozzaglia Sabina in the province of Rieti , Italy; † November 13, 1894 in Rome ) was an Italian religious and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church .
Life
Livia, who came from a poor Christian family, joined the Sisters of Mercy of Saint Johanna Antida de Thouret on March 23, 1886 at the age of 21 and took the name Augustina (Latin for the sublime ). Within the religious community , she worked as a nurse for tuberculosis patients in the Santo Spirito Hospital in Rome. As a 30-year-old, she was murdered by the patient Giuseppe Romanelli, who had just been discharged. She was buried on the Campo Verano .
Pope Paul VI said Augustina 1,972 saved , and on April 18, 1999. In her canonization by Pope John Paul II. Your feast day is 13 November.
literature
- Ekkart Sauser : Pietrantoni, Augustina. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 1098.
Web links
- Biography of Augustina Pietrantoni in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- Biography in Santi e Beati (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Vincentines: St. Augustina Pietrantoni (PDF; 15 kB)
- ↑ Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in the Irondequoit Catholic Community: St. Augustina Pietrantoni, Martyr ( Memento from December 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pietrantoni, Augustina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pietrantoni, Agostina; Pietrantoni, Livia (maiden name); Sister Augustina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian nun |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pozzaglia Sabina |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1894 |
| Place of death | Rome |