Suore di Carità delle Sante Bartolomea Capitanio e Vincenza Gerosa

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The community of Suore di Carità delle Sante Bartolomea Capitanio e Vincenza Gerosa (SCCG) , also Suore di Carità or Suore di Maria Bambina , ( dt . : Sisters of Love from the Child Mary ) is a Catholic religious order .

The forerunner of the women's order with the aim of caring for the sick and educating girls was initiated by Bartholomäa Maria Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa with the help of the clergyman Angelo Bosio on November 21, 1832 in Lovere .

The community developed with the background of the doctrine of Vincent de Paul and was linked to the order Suore della Carità di Santa Giovanna Antida Thouret by Pope Pius VI. approved on July 25, 1819. On June 5, 1840, Pope Gregory XVI initiated the independence of the community. The first new religious vows were taken on September 14, 1841 by the Bishop of Brescia, Carlo Domenico Ferrari .

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