Rosa Venerini
Rosa Venerini (born February 9, 1656 in Viterbo , † May 7, 1728 in Rome ) was a Catholic nun and saint.
She opened Italy's first public girls' school in 1685 and founded the Maestre Pie Venerini community ("Pious Teaching Sisters Venerini"), which was committed to ( Jesuit ) schooling. The aim was a holistic religious education for the girls. Together with Lucia Filippini she started other schools and was involved in the founding of the Congregation Maestre Pie Filippini ("Pious Teaching Sisters Filippini").
In the year she died there were already 40 schools, today (2018) around 700 sisters work in over 100 schools in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
She was on May 4, 1952 by Pope Pius XII. beatified ; on October 15, 2006 she was by Pope Benedict XVI. canonized .
Literature (selection)
- La beata Rosa Venerini, fondatrice delle Maestre Pie. Episodi illustrati della sua mirabile vita . Is. Maestre Pie Venerini, Rome 1938.
- Rita Pomponio: Rosa Venerini. Maestra di vita . Cinisello Balsamo, San Paolo 2006, ISBN 88-215-5629-8
- Sira S. Macchietta: Rosa Venerini all'origine della scuola popolare femminile . Edizione La Scuola, Livorno 1986, ISBN 88-350-7839-3
- Gabriele Lautenschläger : Venerini, Rosa. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 1208.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emmeram Kränkl in: Catholic Sunday newspaper Augsburg from June 3, 2018, saint of the week
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Venerini, Rosa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic nun and saint |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1656 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Viterbo |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1728 |
| Place of death | Rome |